Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POEMS ON THE SLAVE TRADE: 6, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: High in the air exposed the slave is hung Last Line: "against the deep damnation of your deed." Variant Title(s): "high In The Air Exposed The Slave Is Hung""; Subject(s): Abolitionists; Freedom; Slavery; Anti-slavery; Liberty; Serfs | ||||||||
High in the air exposed the slave is hung To all the birds of Heaven, their living food! He groans not, though awaked by that fierce sun New torturers live to drink their parent blood! He groans not, though the gorging vulture tear The quivering fiber! Hither gaze O ye Who tore this man from peace and liberty! Gaze hither ye who weigh with scrupulous care The right and prudent; for beyond the grave There is another world! and call to mind, Ere your decrees proclaim to all mankind Murder is legalized, that there the slave Before the Eternal, "thunder-tongued shall plead Against the deep damnation of your deed." | 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 BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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