Category: Poerty
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“Away to Canada” by Joshua McCarter Simpson (1820 – 1876)
“…Farewell, old master! That’s enough for me— I’m going straight to Canada, Where colored men are free…”
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From “Moses: A Story of the Nile” by Frances E. W. Harper (by 1825 – 1911)
“…f the hours; men rose not from their seats, but sat In silent awe. That lengthened night lay like a burden On the air, — a darkness one might almost gather In his hand, it was so gross and thick. Then came The last dread plague — the death of the first born…”
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“They Have not Chosen Me, He Said” by Emily Dickinson
‘They have not chosen me,’ he said, ‘But I have chosen them!’ Brave—Broken hearted statement— Uttered in Bethlehem! I could not have told it, But since Jesus dared— Sovereign! Know a Daisy They dishonor shared!