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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SLAVE'S REFLECTIONS THE EVE BEFORE HIS SALE, by GEORGE MOSES HORTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, comrades! To-morrow we try Last Line: And gaze on the fate of to-morrow. | |||
O, comrades! to-morrow we try, The fate of an exit unknowing -- Tears trickled from every eye -- 'Tis going, 'tis going, 'tis going! Who shall the dark problem then solve, An evening of gladness or sorrow, Thick clouds of emotion evolve, The sun which awaits us to-morrow, O! to-morrow! to-morrow! Thick clouds of emotion evolve, The sun which awaits us to-morrow. Soon either with smiles or with tears, Will the end of our course be completed. The progress of long fleeting years, Triumphant or sadly regretted. In whom shall the vassal confide, On a passage so treacherous and narrow, What tongue shall the question decide, The end which awaits us to-morrow? O! to-morrow, to-morrow! What tongue shall the question decide, The end which awaits us to-morrow? The sun seems with doubt to look down, As he rides on his chariot of glory, A king with a torch and a crown, But fears to exhibit his story. What pen the condition makes known, O! prophet thy light would I borrow, To steer through the desert alone, And gaze on the fate of to-morrow; O! to-morrow, to-morrow! To steer through the desert alone, And gaze on the fate of to-morrow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON HEARING OF INTENTION .. TO PURCHASE THE POET'S FREEDOM by GEORGE MOSES HORTON ON LIBERTY AND SLAVERY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON ACROSTICS by GEORGE MOSES HORTON CONNUBIAL FELICITY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON DEATH OF AN OLD CARRIAGE HORSE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON DIVISION OF AN ESTATE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EARLY AFFECTION by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EXCITED FROM READING THE OBEDIENCE OF NATURE TO HER LORD IN VESSEL SEA by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EXECUTION OF PRIVATE HENRY ANDERSON by GEORGE MOSES HORTON FAREWELL TO FRANCES by GEORGE MOSES HORTON |
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