Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poems on Slavery

Published by Good Press, 2019
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POEMS.
TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING.
THE SLAVE'S DREAM.
THE GOOD PART, THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY.
THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP.
THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT.
THE WITNESSES.
THE QUADROON GIRL.
THE WARNING.
WORKS
WORKS IN PRESS.

[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.

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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