 They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or...  Songs of Freedom - Page 194by Henry Stephens Salt - 1893 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? " No ! True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers...heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free." This is the creed of Liberalism as Gladstone understood it, and as it is in itself independently of... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers...slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Eather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Unitarian churches - 1844 - 672 pages
...to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers...with heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free ! 3 They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves, who will not... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Hymns, English - 1844 - 582 pages
...to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers...with heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free ! 3 They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves, who will not... | |
 | African American songs - 1845 - 234 pages
...break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt 1 No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with hand and heart to be Earnest to make others free. They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...prison, rack, or rod ; And if thou Hast truth to utter, Speak 1 and leave the rest to God. SLAVES. THEY are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and...weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffling, and abuse. Bather than In silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are... | |
 | John Belton O'Neall - Slavery - 1848 - 74 pages
...in public station and public confidence — but for so doing, " the truth must be our warrant ;" for "They are slaves who will not choose Hatred scoffing...silence shrink From the truth they needs must think." „. .... r , ., iimself, portrait, 1732— together 3 vols. 8vo. hf. mar. 12* 6d 206 DE FOE'S Life... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers...heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free. 3 They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves, who will not choose... | |
 | Gems - 1850 - 204 pages
...congratulated each other, like men who had just saved humanity from a deluge of blood ! ANON. SLAVES. THEY are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and...Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they need must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three. ANON. WHERE is THE... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1850 - 654 pages
...few following lines may be said to jreathe the spirit of the volume, viz. : — «LAVES. " They arc slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak...Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they need must think ; They are slaves who dare not Ъе In the right with two or three." OEMS FROM TIIE... | |
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