Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-27
P0ETRE.


From the nlUoNAtUAs
On. who -minis'srs a ,hs aI,.s' IN this city:
m whose poetic ssu: SSn Ea, so, snS n II.
,oul IN view Of the fearful scenes AZ Philadelphia,
4 tis following spirit-stiuing verses.
rH y TOCsIN.
Wnksl children OF dc nes who said,
IAN are born free Their spirits come
Rack 10 fhe places where they bled
In Frcsdom's holy martyrdom,
And end yps sleeping on their graves,
And hngging there your chainss--ye slaves!
Ay--.l.ys. q .lsys.! What, sleep e yet
And dream 81 Freedom, while ye sleepf
Ave- dream, while slaycry's foot Is set
'so frnly on your neck, awhile deep
The chain her quivering nesh endures
Gnsw9 IKE cancer, into yours
Han. say " thaf I've falsely spoken,
C1I|,n1 ye slaves Then prove ye're mot:
WorE he press !---ye'll see Il broken:
Stand 70 defend itl-yell be shots-
Oyesl but people should not dare
Print what the brotherhood won't bear
Then from your lips lei words Of grace.
CLEANED from the Holy Bibles pages,
Fan while yer pleading i .sI race .S.;,. G.,
And pray Lord, let thy kingdom GOMEZ
And zee n yo'rs NOT stricken dumb.
Yea. men o. God We may not speak ef
As,by the Word Of God, ye're bidden;-
BY the press lip,r-the blanching cheek,
Ye feel yourselves rebuked and chidden;
I. And 4 ye'rs not cast out, ye fear IT'S
And Why - The brethren will not boar Il.
Since, then, through pulpit, or through press,
TO prove your freedom ye're not able,
0o,-like the Sun Of Righteousnesss
BY wise men hoh0rcd,-to stable.
Ben1>fhers 10 Liberty your kneel
Say here thar God made ailmen freel
=. ~ u III. -. -. y, 49,. 49,. nl;ghted
Ere oil her form we've caught q glimpse,
Even there. arc fres Internal lighted,
And we're driven out by Slavery's imps.
Al. well!-so persecuted they
'rhc prDphets' o. a former day
"a. ,h,n. ana build yourselves hall,
10 prove ye are not slaves, but men!
Write FREEDoM' on in towering wall!
Bapfi1o hinthe name Of PENN;
And Eve Il 10 Her holy cause, ..
Bsnssth ths Egis % her laws;- 49,.
w,,h;n. la Freedoms anthem swell;
And. While your hearts begin 20 throb,
Ard burn within yon--Harkl the yell--
The forch>-l|Ie torrent Of the Mon!
They're s|avoryss troops that round you sweep,
+ And leave your hall asmouldering heap!
/. A slav.ry's beck, the prayers ye urge
On your own servants, through the door
% your own Senate,-that the scourgc
Nav rash your brother's back no more, g.
: While ~ stand praying IN the street, "@ 4"..
Al slssery's beck, ye send your sons w..
TO hunt down Indian wives OF maids, ts
Doomed 70 the lash-Yes, and their bones,
Whitening mid swamps and everglades,
Where no friend goes 20 give them graves,
Prove that ye are nol Slavery's slavesH, a.-
Al slavery's beck, the very hands 49,.
Yb M to Heaven, 10 swear ye're free,
VIII break truce, 10 seize the lands
or Seminole or Cherokee! r
gYea---lhnf hak that Tartar hordes
Respect, and shield il with their swords;
V.nesance 4 thine, Almighty God, 49,
Ey,n nov. i zee thee take fhy rod: t~r
Thvthunders, leashed . growing round thee
Sin ihem not yet, An mercy t-Deign 3w
Thy wrath yet longer TO restraint .-
Or--lct lv kingdom, Slavery, come!
Let Church, lei State, receive thy chain!
Lei pulpit press and hall be dumb,
- III . 1.-The brotherhood ordain.
The MUsE her ownindignant spirit
Shall still speak QUIT and men shall hear Il.
Yess-while, az Concord, there's q stone q,
That We can strike her ere from still;
While there's q shaft at Lexington, .-
~ or half a one on Bunkerss Hill
y T'R<rs shall she stand and strike her Tyre, d.
And Truth and Freedom shall stand BY, her. ;.
Rnt should she HIsnse BY mohs be driven,
Far purer heights she'll plume her wing -
cunrnfnr land Of slaves, TO heaven II
She'll soar,--where she can safely sing
God Of orr hfhers, speed her thither!
God Of the ffe6,-let me go with her!
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