A Poem (James Monroe Whitfield Poems)
Written for the Celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation ProclamationTo P. A. BELL, Esq., A PIONEER IN ...
Written for the Celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation ProclamationTo P. A. BELL, Esq., A PIONEER IN ...
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 ...
America, it is to thee,Thou boasted land of liberty, —It is to thee I raise my song,Thou land of blood, ...
I love the man whose lofty mind On God and its own strength relies;Who seeks the welfare of his kind, And dare ...
Written For The Dedication Of The Michigan Street Baptist Church, BuffaloAlmighty God! in this thy house, For the first time thy ...
Yes! strike again that sounding string, And let the wildest numbers roll;Thy song of fiercest passion sing — It breathes responsive to ...
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 ...
All hail! thou truly noble chief, Who scorned to live a cowering slave;Thy name shall stand on history's leaf, Amid the mighty ...
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