Have you ever stood in the crowded street,
In the glare of the fitful lamp,
And marked the tread of the million feet
In their quaintly musical tramp?
As the surging throng move to and fro,
'Tis a pleasant sight, I ween,
To mark the figures that…
Brightly Freedom's mourn is breaking;Hopes that slumber'd are awaking;Gloom, from souls oppressed, is taking
Flights before its rays!
See the flag of Freedom nearing!Starry emblem, oh how cheering!Long we waited thy appearing.
Banner of the…
The following Parody was written by a gentleman who formerly resided at the South.Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell,How pious priests whip Jack and NellAnd women buy, and children sell,And preach all sinners down to hell,
And sing of heavenly…
Under the oaks of Sempach
The Switzers knelt in prayer
And sware upon their sword hilts,
The oath their fathers sware.
Under the oaks of Sempach ,
Their fathers swords they bared,
And dared the powers of Slavery
Their valiant fathers…
O, ever thus throughout my way,
From dawning life till closing hour,
Must slavery cloud my fairest day,
Its hellish blackness round me lower.
The flesh and soul shall man enchain,
And shackles lock on limbs and mind,
Yet none be found to case…
"E. Pluribus Unum."The father, mother, daughter son,A precious many all in one—A sacredOne, of many made,To which should homage true be paid.Upon them shine the sun of peace,Nor o'er its holy beaming cease,As halo-life they circle roundThe hearth…
"Died, at Rochester, Tuesday, March 13, 1860, Annie, youngest daughter of Frederick and Anna Douglass, aged 10 years, 11 months, and 21 days. Smitten with grief at the absence of her father, she pined away and died, her mind having become impressed…
"Whatsoever thy hands find to do, do with thy might, for there is no work nor device in the grave wither thou goest."Exceeding far the swiftest steed,Unseen and silent, with them speed,And fast as stars fleet through the sky,The wings of time are…
March 29th, A.D. 1860, an attempt was made in Philadelphia to rescue Moses Horner, a man who had been kidnapped under the fugitive slave act, and was being dragged into slavery. For this attempt Alfred M. Green, Jeremiah Buck, Basil Hall, St. Clair…
Rage War, thou scourge, attended dire,Pour on our land thy hottest ire,
If but the slave go free.
Make Egypt's fields a smouldering waste,Where Famine howls o'er wealth displaced,
If but the slave go free.
Her first born sons in death lay…
