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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 100 (search)
32. Freedom. by Martin Farquhar Tupper. No blots on the banner of Light! No slaves in the land of the Free! No Wrong to be rampant where all should be Right, No sin that is shameful to see! America,--show the wide world in thy strength How sternly determined thou art To cut from thy soil in its breadth and its length The canker that gnaws at thy heart. Uprouse thee! and swear by thy might This evil no longer shall be; For all men are brothers — the black as the white, And sons of one Father are we. America,--now is the perilous time, When safety is solely decreed To ridding the heart of old habits of crime And simply repenting indeed. Away to the bats and the moles With the lash, and the goad, and the chain! Away with the buying and selling of souls, And slavery toiling in pain. America, this is thy chance — now at length-- Of crushing — while crouching to thee-- Those rebels and slaveholders — slaves to thy strength-- The curse and contempt of th