 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 ? 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 ?...  The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 55by James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - 1924 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 pages
...ANTI-SLAVERY PICNIC IN DEDHAM, ON THE ANNIVERSARY o» WEST-INDIA EMANCIPATION, AUGUST 1, 1843. MEN ! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and...slaves indeed, — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Women ! who shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England air, If ye hear, without a blush, Deeds to make... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - 672 pages
...then our souls shall bring Thee Holier love and firmer trust. 1 84 7s. M. JAMES R. LOWELL. 1 MEN ! whose boast it is, that ye Come of fathers brave and...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 582 pages
...Father, then our souls shall bring Thee Holier love and firmer trust. 184 7s. M. JAMES R. LOWELL. 1 MEN ! whose boast it is, that ye Come of fathers brave and...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...,\MI-S[, IVEH Y FiCHIC in DlDHAM, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF WEST-INDIA EMANCIPATION, AUGUST 1, 1843. MEN ! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and...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, —... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...SUNG AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY PICNIC IN DEDHAM, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF EMANCIPATION, AUOOST 1, 1843. MEN ! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and...slaves indeed, — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Women ! who shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England air, If ye hear, without a blush, Deeds to make... | |
 | 1849 - 478 pages
...liberty for them Who make their brethren slaves ! 437. 7s. M. JR LOWELL. ANTI-SLAVERY HYMN. 1 MEN ! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1852 - 674 pages
...thee dust, Father, then our souls shall bring thee Holier love and firmer trust. 237 7s M. JAMES B. If ye do not feel the chain When it works a brother's...base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1853 - 674 pages
...more we want: To know, to serve thee, and to lv^ la peace below, is bliss above. 496. 7s. M. 1 MEN ! whose boast it is, that ye Come of fathers brave and...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1855 - 518 pages
...bonds that we abhor. MBS. FOLLEN. 1038. 7s. 1. MEN! whose boast it is, that ye Come of fathers bravo and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye...base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden, in perfect prime. SHELLEY. STANZAS ON FREEDOM. If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free...not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Woman ! who shall one day bear Sons to breathe New England air ; If ye hear, without a blush, Deeds... | |
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