 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...  Poems on Slavery - Page 21by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jairus Lincoln - Abolitionists - 1843 - 110 pages
...Freedom!" Tell him that rescue is nigh. The Slave at Midnight. WORDS BY PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. i ^ II. Loud he sang the psalm of David, He a negro and enslaved, Eiz-tfiBEf^S 2. And the voice of his devotion, Filled my soul with strange emotion, __—_ i ^-11 )... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...Swamp The hunted Negro lay ; He saw the fire of the midnight camp, And heard at times a horse's tramp Where will-o'-the-wisps and glow-worms shine, In bulrush...David ! He, a Negro and enslaved, Sang of Israel's victor}-, Sang of Zion, bright and free. In that hour, when night is calmest, Sang he from the Hebrew... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pages
...more stirring poem in our language, than "The Slave's Dream," Loud he sung the psnlms of David ! Me, a Negro, and enslaved, Sang of Israel's victory, Sang of Zion bright and free. Beside the ungathered rice he lay. His sickle in his hand ; His breast was bare, his matted hair Was... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...On him alone the curse of Cain Fell, like a Hail on the garnered And struck him to the earth ! Hi", THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. LOUD he sang the Psalm...of Israel's victory, Sang of Zion, bright and free. lu that hour, when night is calmest, Sang he from the Hebrew Psalmist, In a voice so sweet and clear... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...abyss ; They cry, from unknown graves, " We are the Witnesses ! " THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. Lotm he sang the Psalm of David ! He, a Negro and enslaved, Sang of Isracl's vietory, Sang of Zion, bright and free. In that hour, when night is calmest, Sang he from... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...woes of Slaves ; They glare from the ahyss ; They cry, from unknown graves, "We are the Witnesses !" THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. LOUD he sang the Psalm...enslaved, Sang of Israel's victory, Sang of Zion, hright and free. In that hour, when night is calmest, Sang he from the Hehrew Psalmist, In a voice... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...daily bread. It is their prayers, which never cease, That clothe her with such grace; THE SLAVE IS THE DISMAL SWAMP. IN dark fens of the Dismal Swamp...of Israel's victory, Sang of Zion, bright and free. Songs of triumph, and ascriptions, Such as reached the swart Egyptians, When upon the Red Sea coast... | |
 | Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 588 pages
...the gay the joyous years •"' " Or why should memory love to trace youth's glad and sunlit way ?" " Loud he sang the psalm of David, He, a negro and enslaved." " And the voice of his devotion Filled my soul with strange emotion." " For its tones by turns were... | |
 | Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 90 pages
...— the gay the joyous years ?" " Or why should memory love to trace youth's glad and sunlit way ?" " Loud he sang the psalm of David He, a negro and enslaved." " And the voice , of his devotion Filled my soul with strange emotion." " For its tones by turns were... | |
 | Gustavus D. Pike - African American musicians - 1874 - 230 pages
...Singers. Did Longfellow know of their singing or their coming ? Surely he did when he wrote the poem of the slave singing at midnight. " 'Loud he sang the...of Israel's victory, Sang of Zion, bright and free. And the voice of his devotion Filled my soul with strange emotion ;: For its tones by turns were glad,... | |
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