Is this the land our fathers loved, The freedom which they toiled to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead have worn ? And shall we crouch above... Poems: By John G. Whittier, Illus. by H. Billing - Page 150by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1855 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
| Maria Weston Chapman - American poetry - 1836 - 256 pages
...the soil whereon they moved 1 Are these the graves they slumber in 1 Are we the sons hy whom is borue The mantles which the dead have worn ! And shall we crouch above these graves With craven sou! and fettered lip 1 Yoke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's whip 1... | |
| Maria Weston Chapman - American poetry - 1836 - 240 pages
...the graves they slumber in 1 Are we the sons by whom is borne The mantles which the dead have worn 1 And shall we crouch above these graves With craven soul and fettered lip 1 Vuke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's whip ? *St. Slauhew xvii. 12.... | |
| African American songs - 1845 - 234 pages
...• rU t .. Z LIBERTY MINSTREL. sons by whom are borne, The mantles which the dead have wornl =1 ^ ^ And shall we crouch above these graves, With craven soul and fettered lip 1 Yoke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's whip 1 Bend to the earth our... | |
| David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...they toiled to win I Is this the soil whereon they moved? Are these the graves they slumber in? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead...we crouch above these graves, With craven soul and fetter'd lip ! Yoke in with marked and branded SLAVES, And tremble at the driver's whip ? Bend to the... | |
| David W. Bartlett, D. W. (David W. ). Bartlett - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 408 pages
...which the dead have worn ? • And shall we crouch above these graves, With craven soul and fetter'd lip? Yoke in with marked and branded SLAVES, And tremble...driver's whip ? Bend to the earth our pliant knees, And speak—but as our masters please ? Shall outraged Nature cease to feel ? Shall mercy's tears no longer... | |
| Horace Greeley - Enslaved persons - 1859 - 136 pages
...toiled to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumher in •i Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead have worn ?" HGA AUNT SALLY, COME UP! OK, THE NIGGER SALE. THE largest sale of human chattels that has been made... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 422 pages
...toiled to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead...have worn ? And shall we crouch above these graves, AVith craven soul and fettered lip ? Yoke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1866 - 122 pages
...toiled to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are UK the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead...above these graves, With craven soul and fettered lip 1 Yoke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's whip 1 Bend to the earth our... | |
| Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 434 pages
...toiled to win? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead...knees, And speak but as our masters please ? " Shall tongues be mute when deeds are wrought Which well might shame extremes! hell? Shall freemen lock the... | |
| Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 432 pages
...they toiled to win? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead...pliant knees, And speak but as our masters please ? 12 " Shall tongues be mute when deeds are wrought Which well might shame extremes! hell? Shall freemen... | |
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