 MEN ! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? x If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves indeed, — Slaves unworthy to be freed...  Poems - Page 213by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's...without a blush, Deeds to make the roused blood rush p 2 Like red lava through your veins, For your sisters now in chains, — Answer ! are ye fit to be... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 602 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - 672 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | 1849 - 478 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1852 - 674 pages
...thee dust, Father, then our souls shall bring thee Holier love and firmer trust. 237 7s M. JAMES B. If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1853 - 674 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1854 - 34 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Is true freedom, but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forgot That... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1855 - 518 pages
...ye Come of fathers bravo and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...prime. SHELLEY. STANZAS ON FREEDOM. If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Woman ! who shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England air ; If ye hear, without a blush, Deeds... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 578 pages
...ye Come of fathers bravo and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and bravo ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
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