 GONE, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone. Where the slave-whip ceaseless swings, Where the noisome insect stings, Where the fever demon strews Poison with the falling dews. Where the sickly sunbeams glare Through the hot and misty...  Poems: By John G. Whittier, Illus. by H. Billing - Page 163by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1855 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 966 pages
...on thy shrine 1 THE FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO SOUTHERN BONDAGE mpany"5 Stedman Edmund Clarence" Edmund Clarence Stedman( swinge, Where the noisome insect stings, Where the fever demon strews Poison with the falling dew»,... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 964 pages
...on thy shrine ! THE FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO SOUTHERN BONDAGE blithely, bravely, sitting up, And raising high the...unfilled, An empty chair, the brown ale spilled 0 128 129 Gone, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters;... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1904 - 632 pages
...glory evermore. THE FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO SOUTHERN BONDAGE. GONE, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank...noisome insect stings, Where the fever demon strews 5 Poison with the falling dews, Where the sickly sunbeams glare Through the hot and misty air ; Gone,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American literature - 1905 - 738 pages
...! 1834. 1834. THE FAREWELL1 OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO SOUTHERN BONDAGE GONE, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank...— sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, to From Virginia's hills and waters; Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone, — sold and gone,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American poetry - 1905 - 730 pages
...MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO SOUTHERN BONDAGE GONE, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamD dank and lone. Where the slave-whip ceaseless swings,...— sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, n From Virginia's hills and waters; Woe is me, my stolen daughters t Gone, gone, — sold and gone,... | |
 | John Ferguson Hume - Abolitionists - 1905 - 248 pages
...Her Daughters : " Gone, gone—sold and gone To the rice swamp dank and lone, Where the slave whip ceaseless swings, Where the noisome insect stings;...sunbeams glare Through the hot and misty air. Gone, gone—sold and gone To the rice swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters— Woe is me... | |
 | Augustus White Long - American Poetry (Collections) - 1905 - 380 pages
...Where the slave whip ceaseless swings, Where the noisome insect stings, Where the fever demon strews 2, Poison with the falling dews, Where the sickly sunbeams...hot and misty air ; Gone, gone, — sold and gone, From Virginia's hills and waters ; Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone, — sold and gone,... | |
 | Augustus White Long - American Poetry (Collections) - 1905 - 382 pages
...Where the slave whip ceaseless swings, Where the noisome insect stings, Where the fever demon strews 25 Poison with the falling dews, Where the sickly sunbeams glare Through the hot and misty air; Gone, gone, — ^old and gone, From Virginia's hills and waters; Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone, —... | |
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