The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3., Anti-Slavery Poems, The battle Autumn of 1862., page 238

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Hymn, sung at Christmas by the scholars of St. Helena's Island, S. C.

oh, none in all the world before
Were ever glad as we!
We're free on Carolina's shore,
We're all at home and free.

Thou Friend and Helper of the poor,
Who suffered for our sake,
To open every prison door,
And every yoke to break!

Bend low Thy pitying face and mild,
And help us sing and pray;
The hand that blessed the little child,
Upon our foreheads lay.

We hear no more the driver's horn,
No more the whip we fear,

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1888-89.

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