How Long (James Monroe Whitfield Poems)
How long, oh gracious God! how long Shall power lord it over right?The feeble, trampled by the strong, Remain in slavery's gloomy ...
How long, oh gracious God! how long Shall power lord it over right?The feeble, trampled by the strong, Remain in slavery's gloomy ...
In vain thou bid'st me strike the lyre, And sing a song of mirth and glee,Or, kindling with poetic fire, Attempt some ...
"Since he miscalled the morning star,Nor man, nor fiend hath fallen so far."— ByronWhen gathered in the courts above, Before Jehovah's ...
America, it is to thee,Thou boasted land of liberty, —It is to thee I raise my song,Thou land of blood, ...
I just had turned the classic page, With ancient lore and wisdom fraught,Which many a hoary-headed sage Had stamped with never-dying thought;And ...
I love the man whose lofty mind On God and its own strength relies;Who seeks the welfare of his kind, And dare ...
There's music wheresoe'er we roam —'T is heard in ocean's crested foam,And in the billows' deafening roar,Which madly burst upon ...
The gloomy night has cast a shroud Upon the dwelling-place of men;Hushed are the voices of the crowd, And silence reigns o'er ...
Written For The Dedication Of The Michigan Street Baptist Church, BuffaloAlmighty God! in this thy house, For the first time thy ...
Approaching night her mantle flings O'er plain and valley, rock and glen,When borne away on fancy's wings, Imagination guides my pen.I soar ...
From bright West Indies' sunny seas, Comes, borne upon the balmy breeze,The joyous shout, the gladsome tone, Long in those bloody isles ...
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