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" ... looked upon the Slaver's gold, And then upon the maid. His heart within him was at strife With such accursed gains ; For he knew whose passions gave her life, Whose blood ran in her veins. But the voice of nature was too weak ; He took the glittering... "
Poems on slavery, early poems, additional poems, and ballads - Page 76
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 5

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1835 - 586 pages
...slave of em, And leave in race the immortal guest within 1 Beware ! The Israelite of old, who iore The lion in his path, when poor and blind, He saw...noble strength, and forced to grind In prison, and at times led forth to be A pander to Philistine revelry, — Destroyed himself, and with him those that...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 5

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1835 - 578 pages
...within 1 He saw the blessed light of heaven no more,— Shorn of his noble strength, and forced to grind Beware ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path, when poor and blind, A pander to Philistine revelry,— In prison, and at times led forth to be Destroyed himself, and with...
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Poems on Slavery

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 60 pages
...of nature was too weak ; He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, Her hands as icy cold. The Slaver led her from the...his slave and paramour In a strange and distant land ! 756223 THE WARNING. BEWARE ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path, — when, poor...
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The Monthly Review

1843 - 574 pages
...of nature was too weak ; He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, Her hands as icy cold. The Slaver led her from the...his slave and paramour In a strange and distant land ! Once more, and where the poet preaches the most solemn of sermons ; for he speaks of " The Witnesses"...
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The Liberty Minstrel

1845 - 234 pages
...voice of nature was too weak: He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, Her hands as icy cold. The Slaver led her from the...her by the hand, To be his slave and paramour In a far and distant land. Domestic Bliss. BY REV. JAMES GREGG. Domestic bliss ; thou fairest flower That...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 56

1877 - 668 pages
...br,ne, Produc'd this sweet, this lovely dame." On the Lady Mary, Princeii of OrttHt/t. Longfellow. " Beware ! the Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path, — when poor and blind, Shorn of his noble strength," &c. The Warning. 3. 0. Whittier. "In the old Hebrew myth the lion's frame,...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...of nature was too weak ; He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, The Slaver led her from the door, He led her by the...slave and paramour In a strange and distant land ! THE WAKNING. BEWARE ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path, — when, poor and blind, He...
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The Natural History of Man, Or, Popular Chapters on Ethnography, Volume 1

John Kennedy - 1851 - 318 pages
...: — " Beware ! the Israelite of old wl;o tore The lion in his path — when, poor and blind, lie saw the blessed light of heaven no more, Shorn of his noble strength, and forced to grind In prison, aud at In.-l led forth to be A pander to 1'hilistine revelry — " Upon the pillars of the temple laid...
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Voices of the Night, and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 258 pages
...voice of nature was too weak; He took the glittering gold! Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, Her hands as icy cold. The Slaver led her from the...be his slave and paramour In a strange and distant laud ! '' '' O 1 v, i & 4 THE WABNINO. BEWARE! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path,—...
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The Bible Christian magazine, a continuation of the Arminian magazine

Bible Christians - 1885 - 746 pages
...Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." " Be not high-minded, but fear." " Beware ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in...saw the blessed light of heaven no more, Shorn of hi? noble strength and forced to grind In prison, and at last led forth to be A pander to Philistine...
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