Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEW HAMPSHIRE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER


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First Line: God bless new hampshire! From her granite peaks
Last Line: What one brave state hath done, can ye not also do?
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; New Hampshire; Antislavery Movement - United States


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GOD bless New Hampshire! -- from her granite peaks
Once more the voice of Stark and Langdon speaks.
The long-bound vassal of the exulting South
For very shame her self-forged chain has broken, --
Torn the black seal of slavery from her mouth,
And in the clear tones of her old time spoken!
O all undreamed-of, all unhoped-for changes! --
The tyrant's ally proves his sternest foe;
To all his biddings, from her mountain ranges,
New Hampshire thunders an indignant No!

Who is it now despairs? O faint of heart,
Look upward to those Northern mountains cold,
Flouted by Freedom's victor-flag unrolled,
And gather strength to bear a manlier part!
All is not lost. The angel of God's blessing
Encamps with Freedom on the field of fight;
Still to her banner, day by day, are pressing,
Unlooked-for allies, striking for the right!
Courage, then, Northern hearts! --Be firm, be true:
What one brave state hath done, can ye not also do?





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