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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Old portraits and modern Sketches (search)
s extinction, not only in England and France, but in Cuba and Brazil, American legislators cling to this enormke! His best and noblest production is an ode To Cuba, written on the occasion of Dr. Madden's departure fsented to that gentleman. It was never published in Cuba, as its sentiments would have subjected the author te grandeur and stateliness of the old Spanish muse. Cuba!—of what avail that thou art fair, Pearl of the Seasort And spoil of Trade, bears wrongs of every sort? Cuba! O Cuba!—when men call thee fair, And rich, and beaCuba!—when men call thee fair, And rich, and beautiful, the Queen of Isles, Star of the West, and Ocean's gem most rare, Oh, say to those who mock thee with isastrous result of the last rising of the slaves in Cuba is well known. Betrayed, and driven into premature the seventh month, 1844. According to the custom in Cuba with condemned criminals, he was conducted from pris and he fell dead. Thus perished the hero poet of Cuba. He has not fallen in vain. His genius and his her<