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
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1852 - 674 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 ! d They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose... | |
| William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 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." While acting as a servant to one of the steamers on Lake Erie, Brown often took fugitives from Cleveland... | |
| Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - Hymns, English - 1853 - 674 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... | |
| Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 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...Earnest to make others free ! They are slaves who will not choosa Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs... | |
| William Wells Brown - Fugitive slaves - 1855 - 338 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." While acting as a servant to one of the steamers on Lake Erie, Brown often took fugitives from Cleveland... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - Congregational churches - 1855 - 518 pages
...Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? i No I truo freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart and hand to be Earnest to raako others free I 3. They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and tho weak ; They are slaves,... | |
| James Pinkney Hambleton - History - 1856 - 550 pages
...free— If there breathes on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave ? They are slaves who dare not speak For the fallen and the weak. They are slaves...silence shrink From the truth they needs must think— In the right with two or three." (Great laughter.) They are slaves who dare not be These are cabilistic... | |
| Josephine Brown - African American abolitionists - 1856 - 112 pages
...break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leather hearts, forget, That we owe mankind a debt? No ! true freedom is to share All .the chains our...heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free." With this feeling, he went forth to battle against slavery at the South, and its offspring, prejudice... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 578 pages
...to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That wo 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 t 3. They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; '/ They are slaves, who will not... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - Bible - 1856 - 934 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... | |
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