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 ...
"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 ...
The great, the good, the just, the true, Has yielded up his latest breath;The noblest man our country knew, Bows to the ...
Yes! strike again that sounding string, And let the wildest numbers roll;Thy song of fiercest passion sing — It breathes responsive to ...
Another year has passed away,And brings again the glorious dayWhen Freedom from her slumber woke,And broke the British tyrant's yoke ...
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 ...
Oh great Jehovah! God of love, Thou monarch of the earth and sky,Canst thou from thy great throne above Look down with ...
In the bright dreams of early youth, I strung my lyre, and waked a strain,In praise of friendship, love and truth, Without ...
From bright West Indies' sunny seas, Comes, borne upon the balmy breeze,The joyous shout, the gladsome tone, Long in those bloody isles ...
Star of the north! whose steadfast ray Pierces the sable pall of night,Forever pointing out the way That leads to freedom's hallowed ...
In the bright days of early youth, Hope told a fond, delusive taleOf lasting friendship, holy truth, And steadfast love which ne'er ...
All hail! thou truly noble chief, Who scorned to live a cowering slave;Thy name shall stand on history's leaf, Amid the mighty ...
Hail, glorious morn! whose radiant beams, Looked down on Christ's nativity,For every year thy presence teems With joy and glad festivity.On Judea's ...
Oh! had I that poetic lore Bestowed upon the favored few,To ope' Dame Nature's bounteous store, And hold her treasures up to ...
As with thy Album in my hand, Upon this picture late I gazed,With tuneful harp held in its hand, And eyes of ...
Another year, another year, Unfolds its page of hope and fear!Where, at its close, shall we appear Who now are congregated here.Perhaps, ...
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