Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMANCIPATION, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a time for much rejoicing Last Line: God is with us now, forever. Subject(s): African Americans; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Negroes; American Blacks; Antislavery Movement - United States | ||||||||
TIS a time for much rejoicing; Let each heart be lured away; Let each tongue, its thanks be voicing For Emancipation Day. Day of victory, day of glory, For thee, many a field was gory! Many a time in days now ended, Hath our fathers' courage failed, Patiently their tears they blended; Ne'er they to their, Maker, railed; Well we know their groans, He numbered, When dominions fell, asundered. As of old the Red Sea parted, And oppressed passed safely through, Back from North, the bold South, started, And a fissure wide she drew; Drew a cleft of Liberty, Through it, marched our people free. And, in memory, ever grateful, Of the day they reached the shore, Meet we now, with hearts e'er faithful, Joyous that the storm is over. Storm of Torture! May grim Past, Hurl thee down his torrents fast. Bring your harpers, bring your sages, Bid each one the story tell; Waft it on to future ages, Bid descendants learn it well. Kept it bright in minds now tender, Teach the young their thanks to render. Come with hearts all firm united, In the union of a race; With your loyalty well plighted, Look your brother in the face. Stand by him, forsake him never, God is with us now, forever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GARRISON by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT WENDELL PHILLIPS by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT THE DEATH OF SLAVERY by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL HENRY WARD BEECHER by CHARLES HENRY PHELPS JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE [OCTOBER 16, 1859] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN AMERICA by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD A CHRISTMAS GHOST by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON |
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