The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems Now First Collected : with a Sketch of His Life, Том 1L. C. Bowles, 1821 |
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... Montgomery. THE WEST INDIES , AND OTHER POEMS . BY JAMES MONTGOMERY . " Thus saith Britannia , empress of the sea , " Thy chains are broken , Africa , be free ! " 272 TO THE PUBLIC . THE Poem of THE WEST THE WEST-INDIES.
... Montgomery. THE WEST INDIES , AND OTHER POEMS . BY JAMES MONTGOMERY . " Thus saith Britannia , empress of the sea , " Thy chains are broken , Africa , be free ! " 272 TO THE PUBLIC . THE Poem of THE WEST THE WEST-INDIES.
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... African Slave - Trade - a subject which had be- come antiquated , by frequent , minute , and disgusting exposure ; which afforded no opportunity to awaken , suspend , and delight curiosity , by a subtle and sur- prising developement of ...
... African Slave - Trade - a subject which had be- come antiquated , by frequent , minute , and disgusting exposure ; which afforded no opportunity to awaken , suspend , and delight curiosity , by a subtle and sur- prising developement of ...
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... AFRICAN SLAVE - TRADE , BY THE BRITISH LEGISLATURE , IN 1807 . Receive him for ever ; not now as a servant , but above a servant - a brother beloved . St. Paul's Ep . to Philemon , v . 15 , 16 . WEST - INDIES . THE WEST - INDIES . PART.
... AFRICAN SLAVE - TRADE , BY THE BRITISH LEGISLATURE , IN 1807 . Receive him for ever ; not now as a servant , but above a servant - a brother beloved . St. Paul's Ep . to Philemon , v . 15 , 16 . WEST - INDIES . THE WEST - INDIES . PART.
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... Africa , be free ! ' Thus saith the island , empress of the sea ; Thus saith Britannia . - O ye winds and waves ! Waft the glad tidings to the land of slaves ; Proclaim on Guinea's coast , by Gambia's side , And far as Niger rolls his ...
... Africa , be free ! ' Thus saith the island , empress of the sea ; Thus saith Britannia . - O ye winds and waves ! Waft the glad tidings to the land of slaves ; Proclaim on Guinea's coast , by Gambia's side , And far as Niger rolls his ...
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... Africa . - The Negro . - The Slave - carrying Trade . The means and resources of the Slave- Trade . The Portuguese - Dutch - Danes - French , -and English in America . AMONG the bowers of paradise , that graced Those islands of the ...
... Africa . - The Negro . - The Slave - carrying Trade . The means and resources of the Slave- Trade . The Portuguese - Dutch - Danes - French , -and English in America . AMONG the bowers of paradise , that graced Those islands of the ...
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Africa age to age Albert amidst arms Art thou battle BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA battle of Sempach beams beauty beneath birth blest blood brave breast breath brethren Canton of Uri Casas charms clouds country's dark dead dear death despair earth eternal expiring father fell fire fled flood flowers foes freedom Fulneck glory grave grief heart heaven hoary hope hyæna isles JAMES MONTGOMERY land light Lyre melancholy MEMNON morn mother mountains Mungo Parke nature's Negro night Note a. p. numbers o'er ocean pale peace plain race rage rest rise roam rocks roll rose round shade shore Sire skies slain slaves slumber smile song sorrow soul spirit star storm sublime sweet tears thee thine thou tide of light toil tomb Tremble Underwalden vale valley vengeance voice WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND waves weary weep WEST-INDIES where'er wild wilderness wind woes yoke youth
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Страница 99 - Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Страница 147 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found : They softly lie and sweetly sleep. Low in the ground.
Страница 101 - THERE is a land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night ; A land of beauty, virtue...
Страница 143 - The soul, of origin divine, God's glorious image freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day ! The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The soul, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE!
Страница 82 - Now earth and ocean vanish'd, all serene The starry firmament alone was seen ; Through the slow, silent hours, he watch'd the host Of midnight suns in western darkness lost, Till Night himself, on shadowy pinions borne, Fled o'er the mighty waters, and the morn Danced on the mountains: — "Lights of heaven!
Страница 144 - The GRAVE, that never spake before, Hath found at length a tongue to chide ; Oh, listen ! I will speak no more ; Be silent, pride ! " Art thou a WRETCH, of hope forlorn, The victim of consuming care ? Is thy distracted conscience torn By fell despair ? " Do foul misdeeds of former times Wring with remorse thy guilty breast...
Страница 157 - Beyond the narrow vale of time, Where bright celestial ages roll, To scenes eternal, scenes sublime, She points the way and leads the soul.
Страница 148 - The Soul, of origin divine, GOD'S glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day. "The SUN is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The SOUL, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE.
Страница 208 - Encounter'd all that troubles thee ; He was — whatever thou hast been ; He is — what thou shalt be. The rolling seasons, day and night, Sun, moon, and stars, the earth and main, Erewhile his portion, life and light To him exist in vain.
Страница 231 - SONG. SHALL Man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted dear, Oft but a moment, and, at most, A momentary year ? There was a time, — that time is past, — When, youth ! I...