John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). The Poetical Works in Four Volumes. 1892.
Anti-Slavery PoemsAfter the War
The Jubilee Singers
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The pathos of their mournful song,
The sorrow of their night of wrong!
A prayer for one to guide and save,
Like Moses by the Red Sea’s wave!
To Miriam’s note of triumph sent
O’er Egypt’s sunken armament!
And shook the walls of slavery down,
The spectral march of old John Brown!
The triumph after long delays,
The bondmen giving God the praise!
Till Freedom’s every right is won,
And slavery’s every wrong undone!