The Poetical Works of James Madison Bell - Couverture rigide

Bell, James Madison

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0548977003 ISBN 13 : 9780548977002

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2008

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In contrasting the present time with the past there is great reason for encouragement, for at the close of the last century there was only one to sing our songs and weave the garland of poetry on the brow of the suffering race, or to offer laurels to the race who had won victories for the cause of human liberty and justice. Phillis Wheatley was the morning star of the rising womanhood of the race, our first poet, and since that time we have had many who have enlivened our march by their music and encouraged our hearts by their words of inspiration and hope. During the darkest hours of our bondage, during the time of the enforcement of the fugitive slave law, when the heavens were dark and clouds covered the sky, and there appeared to be no hope for the freemen of the North, or for the slaves of the South, all appeared to be lost, all avenues to opportunities were closed, in that sad hour Frances Ellen Watkins, the poetess of hope, like Miriam of old on the borders of the Red Sea, struck up the songs and notes, and sang, Yes, Ethiopia yet shall stretch her bleeding hands abroad. Her cry of agony shall reach the burning throne of God. Thus this song was sung in the home, in the school and in the church, and hope appeared to rise in the pathway of the coming generation and lightened the path of the children of despair.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0548977003
• ISBN 13: 9780548977002
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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