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diff --git a/old/44398.txt b/old/44398.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..750692a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/44398.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1139 @@ +Project Gutenberg's Poems on Slavery, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Poems on Slavery + +Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow + +Release Date: December 9, 2013 [EBook #44398] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS ON SLAVERY *** + + + + +Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Richard J. Shiffer and the +Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +for Project Gutenberg. (This file was produced from images +generously made available by The Internet Archive) + + + + + + + + + +POEMS ON SLAVERY. + + + + +POEMS + +ON + +SLAVERY. + + +BY + +HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. + + +SECOND EDITION. + + +CAMBRIDGE: + +PUBLISHED BY JOHN OWEN. + +M DCCC XLII. + + +Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and +forty-two, by H. W. LONGFELLOW, in the Clerk's office of the District +Court of the District of Massachusetts. + + +CAMBRIDGE: + +METCALF, KEITH, AND NICHOLS, + +PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. + + + + +CONTENTS. + + + PAGE + + TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING 9 + + THE SLAVE'S DREAM 11 + + THE GOOD PART 15 + + THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP 18 + + THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT 21 + + THE WITNESSES 23 + + THE QUADROON GIRL 26 + + THE WARNING 30 + + + + +[The following poems, with one exception, were written at sea, in the +latter part of October. I had not then heard of Dr. Channing's death. +Since that event, the poem addressed to him is no longer appropriate. +I have decided, however, to let it remain as it was written, a feeble +testimony of my admiration for a great and good man.] + + + + +POEMS. + + + + + The noble horse, + That, in his fiery youth, from his wide nostrils + Neighed courage to his rider, and brake through + Groves of opposed pikes, bearing his lord + Safe to triumphant victory, old or wounded, + Was set at liberty and freed from service. + The Athenian mules, that from the quarry drew + Marble, hewed for the Temple of the Gods, + The great work ended, were dismissed and fed + At the public cost; nay, faithful dogs have found + Their sepulchres; but man, to man more cruel, + Appoints no end to the sufferings of his slave. + + MASSINGER. + + + +TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING. + + + The pages of thy book I read, + And as I closed each one, + My heart, responding, ever said, + "Servant of God! well done!" + + Well done! Thy words are great and bold; + At times they seem to me, + Like Luther's, in the days of old, + Half-battles for the free. + + Go on, until this land revokes + The old and chartered Lie, + The feudal curse, whose whips and yokes + Insult humanity. + + A voice is ever at thy side + Speaking in tones of might, + Like the prophetic voice, that cried + To John in Patmos, "Write!" + + Write! and tell out this bloody tale; + Record this dire eclipse, + This Day of Wrath, this Endless Wail, + This dread Apocalypse! + + + + +THE SLAVE'S DREAM. + + + Beside the ungathered rice he lay, + His sickle in his hand; + His breast was bare, his matted hair + Was buried in the sand. + Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, + He saw his Native Land. + + Wide through the landscape of his dreams + The lordly Niger flowed; + Beneath the palm-trees on the plain + Once more a king he strode; + And heard the tinkling caravans + Descend the mountain-road. + + He saw once more his dark-eyed queen + Among her children stand; + They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, + They held him by the hand!-- + A tear burst from the sleeper's lids + And fell into the sand. + + And then at furious speed he rode + Along the Niger's bank; + His bridle-reins were golden chains, + And, with a martial clank, + At each leap he could feel his scabbard of steel + Smiting his stallion's flank. + + Before him, like a blood-red flag, + The bright flamingoes flew; + From morn till night he followed their flight, + O'er plains where the tamarind grew, + Till he saw the roofs of Caffre huts, + And the ocean rose to view. + + At night he heard the lion roar, + And the hyaena scream, + And the river-horse, as he crushed the reeds + Beside some hidden stream; + And it passed, like a glorious roll of drums, + Through the triumph of his dream. + + The forests, with their myriad tongues, + Shouted of liberty; + And the Blast of the Desert cried aloud, + With a voice so wild and free, + That he started in his sleep and smiled + At their tempestuous glee. + + He did not feel the driver's whip, + Nor the burning heat of day; + For Death had illumined the Land of Sleep, + And his lifeless body lay + A worn-out fetter, that the soul + Had broken and thrown away! + + + + +THE GOOD PART, + +THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY. + + + She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side, + In valleys green and cool; + And all her hope and all her pride + Are in the village school. + + Her soul, like the transparent air + That robes the hills above, + Though not of earth, encircles there + All things with arms of love. + + And thus she walks among her girls + With praise and mild rebukes; + Subduing e'en rude village churls + By her angelic looks. + + She reads to them at eventide + Of One who came to save; + To cast the captive's chains aside, + And liberate the slave. + + And oft the blessed time foretells + When all men shall be free; + And musical, as silver bells, + Their falling chains shall be. + + And following her beloved Lord, + In decent poverty, + She makes her life one sweet record + And deed of charity. + + For she was rich, and gave up all + To break the iron bands + Of those who waited in her hall, + And labored in her lands. + + Long since beyond the Southern Sea + Their outbound sails have sped, + While she, in meek humility, + Now earns her daily bread. + + It is their prayers, which never cease, + That clothe her with such grace; + Their blessing is the light of peace + That shines upon her face. + + + + +THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. + + + In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp + The hunted Negro lay; + He saw the fire of the midnight camp, + And heard at times a horse's tramp + And a bloodhound's distant bay. + + Where will-o'-the-wisps and glowworms shine, + In bulrush and in brake; + Where waving mosses shroud the pine, + And the cedar grows, and the poisonous vine + Is spotted like the snake; + + Where hardly a human foot could pass, + Or a human heart would dare, + On the quaking turf of the green morass + He crouched in the rank and tangled grass, + Like a wild beast in his lair. + + A poor old slave, infirm and lame; + Great scars deformed his face; + On his forehead he bore the brand of shame, + And the rags, that hid his mangled frame, + Were the livery of disgrace. + + All things above were bright and fair, + All things were glad and free; + Lithe squirrels darted here and there, + And wild birds filled the echoing air + With songs of Liberty! + + On him alone was the doom of pain, + From the morning of his birth; + On him alone the curse of Cain + Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain, + And struck him to the earth! + + + + +THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. + + + Loud he sang the psalm of David! + He, a Negro and enslaved, + Sang of Israel's victory, + Sang of Zion, bright and free. + + In that hour, when night is calmest, + Sang he from the Hebrew Psalmist, + In a voice so sweet and clear + That I could not choose but hear, + + Songs of triumph, and ascriptions, + Such as reached the swart Egyptians, + When upon the Red Sea coast + Perished Pharaoh and his host. + + And the voice of his devotion + Filled my soul with strange emotion; + For its tones by turns were glad, + Sweetly solemn, wildly sad. + + Paul and Silas, in their prison, + Sang of Christ, the Lord arisen, + And an earthquake's arm of might + Broke their dungeon-gates at night. + + But, alas! what holy angel + Brings the Slave this glad evangel? + And what earthquake's arm of might + Breaks his dungeon-gates at night? + + + + +THE WITNESSES. + + + In Ocean's wide domains, + Half buried in the sands, + Lie skeletons in chains, + With shackled feet and hands. + + Beyond the fall of dews, + Deeper than plummet lies, + Float ships, with all their crews, + No more to sink or rise. + + There the black Slave-ship swims, + Freighted with human forms, + Whose fettered, fleshless limbs + Are not the sport of storms. + + These are the bones of Slaves; + They gleam from the abyss; + They cry, from yawning waves, + "We are the Witnesses!" + + Within Earth's wide domains + Are markets for men's lives; + Their necks are galled with chains, + Their wrists are cramped with gyves. + + Dead bodies, that the kite + In deserts makes its prey; + Murders, that with affright + Scare schoolboys from their play! + + All evil thoughts and deeds; + Anger, and lust, and pride; + The foulest, rankest weeds, + That choke Life's groaning tide! + + These are the woes of Slaves; + They glare from the abyss; + They cry, from unknown graves, + "We are the Witnesses!" + + + + +THE QUADROON GIRL. + + + The Slaver in the broad lagoon + Lay moored with idle sail; + He waited for the rising moon, + And for the evening gale. + + Under the shore his boat was tied, + And all her listless crew + Watched the gray alligator slide + Into the still bayou. + + Odors of orange-flowers, and spice. + Reached them from time to time, + Like airs that breathe from Paradise + Upon a world of crime. + + The Planter, under his roof of thatch, + Smoked thoughtfully and slow; + The Slaver's thumb was on the latch, + He seemed in haste to go. + + He said, "My ship at anchor rides + In yonder broad lagoon; + I only wait the evening tides, + And the rising of the moon." + + Before them, with her face upraised, + In timid attitude, + Like one half curious, half amazed, + A Quadroon maiden stood. + + Her eyes were, like a falcon's, gray, + Her arms and neck were bare; + No garment she wore save a kirtle gay, + And her own long, raven hair. + + And on her lips there played a smile + As holy, meek, and faint, + As lights in some cathedral aisle + The features of a saint. + + "The soil is barren,--the farm is old;" + The thoughtful Planter said; + Then looked upon the Slaver's gold, + And then upon the maid. + + His heart within him was at strife + With such accursed gains; + For he knew whose passions gave her life, + Whose blood ran in her veins. + + But the voice of nature was too weak; + He took the glittering gold! + Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, + Her hands as icy cold. + + The Slaver led her from the door, + He led her by the hand, + To be his slave and paramour + In a strange and distant land! + + + + +THE WARNING. + + + Beware! The Israelite of old, who tore + The lion in his path,--when, poor and blind, + He saw the blessed light of heaven no more, + Shorn of his noble strength and forced to grind + In prison, and at last led forth to be + A pander to Philistine revelry,-- + + Upon the pillars of the temple laid + His desperate hands, and in its overthrow + Destroyed himself, and with him those who made + A cruel mockery of his sightless woe; + The poor, blind Slave, the scoff and jest of all, + Expired, and thousands perished in the fall! + + There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, + Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of steel, + Who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand, + And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, + Till the vast Temple of our liberties + A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. + + +END. + + + + +WORKS + +PUBLISHED BY JOHN OWEN, + +CAMBRIDGE. + + +I. + +VOICES OF THE NIGHT. + +BY + +HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. + +6th Edition. 16mo. 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