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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GARRISON, by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT 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 | |||
FREEDOM'S first champion in our fettered land! Nor politician nor base citizen Could gibbet thee, nor silence, nor withstand. Thy trenchant and emancipating pen The patriot Lincoln snatched with steady hand, Writing his name and thine on parchment white, 'Midst war's resistless and ensanguined flood; Then held that proclamation high in sight Before his fratricidal countrymen, -- "Freedom henceforth throughout the land for all," -- And sealed the instrument with his own blood, Bowing his mighty strength for slavery's fall; Whilst thou, stanch friend of largest liberty, Survived, -- its ruin and our peace to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER |
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