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Subject: GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913), by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O brothers mine, today we stand
Last Line: God cannot let it come to naught.
Subject(s): Abolitionists; African Americans; African Americans - History; Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770); Boston Massacre; Brown, John (1800-1859); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Lovej


GARRISON, by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Freedom's first champion in our fettered land
Last Line: Survived, -- its ruin and our peace to see.
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty


GARRISON, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The storm and peril overpast
Last Line: A hand to set the captive free!
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Antislavery Movement - United States


TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Champion of those who groan beneath
Last Line: And god alone be lord!
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Antislavery Movement - United States


TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON ON READING HIS 'CHOSEN QUEEN', by CHARLOTTE L. FORTEN GRIMKE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A loyal subject, thou, to that bright queen
Last Line: Than thee, thy chosen queen shall never find %a truer subject nor a firmer friend
Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)


WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR.    Poem Text                    
First Line: His country seared its conscience through its gain
Last Line: "must train their liberty and make it free."
Subject(s): Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)


WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In a small chamber, friendless and unseen
Last Line: Ye earn the crown, and wear it not in vain.
Variant Title(s): To William Lloyd Garrison
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Politics & Government; Antislavery Movement - United States