 MEN ! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? x If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves indeed, — Slaves unworthy to be freed...  Poems - Page 213by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Choice literature - 1880 - 432 pages
...brothrrV pjii», Are ye not bast- slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Women ! who shall one clay bear Sons to breathe New England air, If ye hear without a blush, Deeds 10 make the roused blood rush Like red laya through your veins, For your sislers now in chains —... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave. Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain. When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not hase slaves indeed. Slaves unwortby to be freed ? Women ! who shall one day bear Sons to breathe New... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 518 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's...shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England air. If vft near, without a blush, Deeds to make the roused blood rush Like red lava through your veins, For... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1887 - 472 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's...shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England air, 1 f ye hear, without a blush, Deeds to make the roused blood rush Like red lava through your veins,... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1886 - 216 pages
...ye Come of fathers, brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...not base slaves, indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with heathen hearts forget That we... | |
 | 1900 - 624 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathes on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1887 - 168 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed? Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - Literary Criticism - 1887 - 514 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? "The Present Crisis " had the clarion ring. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,... | |
 | Arnold Whitaker Oxford - Hymns, English - 1888 - 420 pages
...ye Come of fathers, brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...not base slaves, indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with heathen hearts forget That we... | |
 | Jews - 1888 - 218 pages
...ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...not base slaves, indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with heathen hearts forget That we... | |
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