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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO JOHN BROWN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We lift a song to you across the day Last Line: Until the judgment! Sentinel his rest! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Abolitionists; Brown, John (1800-1859); Slavery; Anti-slavery; Serfs | |||
We lift a song to you across the day Which bears through travailing the seed you spread In terror's morning, flung with fingers red In blood of tyrants, who debarred the way To Freedom's dawning. Hearken to the lay Chanted by dusky millions, soft and mellow-keyed, In minor measure, Martyr of the Freed, A song of memory across the day. Truth cannot perish though the earth erase The royal signals, leaving not a trace, And time still burgeoneth the fertile seed, Though he is crucified who wrought the deed: O Alleghanies, fold him to your breast Until the judgment! Sentinel his rest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY ELIZABETH KECKLEY: 30 YEARS A SLAVE AND 4 YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE by E. ETHELBERT MILLER EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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