 Where hardly a human foot could pass, Or a human heart would dare , On the quaking turf of the green morass He crouched in the rank and tangled grass, Like a wild beast in his lair. A poor old slave , infirm and lame ; Great scars deformed his face ;...  Poems on Slavery - Page 19by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...following her beloved Lord, In decent poverty, She makes her life one sweet record And deed of charity. For she was rich, and gave up all To break the iron bands...alone was the doom of pain, From the morning of his hirth ; On him alone the curse of Cain Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 282 pages
...human foot could pass, Or a human heart would dare, — On the qnaking turf of the green morass Eb crouched in the rank and tangled grass, Like a wild...birth ; On him alone the curse of Cain * Fell like the flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to the earth." * Gen. 4 : 14. — " And it shall come... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 534 pages
...rags that hid his mangled frame Were the livery of disgrace. " All things above were bright and fiiir, All things were glad and free ; Lithe squirrels darted...birth ; On him alone the curse of Cain* Fell like the flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to the earth." (!cn. 4: 14. — "And it shall come... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Enslaved persons - 1853 - 276 pages
...squirrels darted here and then, And wild birds filled the echoing air With songs of liberty ! « Ou him alone was the doom of pain, From the morning of...birth ; On him alone the curse of Cain * fell like the flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to the earth." t < * Gen. 4 : 14. — "And it shall... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 502 pages
...bulrush and in brake; Where waving mosses shroud the pine, And the cedar grows, and the poisonous vine Where hardly a human foot could pass, Or a human heart...the morning of his birth; On him alone the curse of Cab Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to the earth! THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT.... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...vine Is spotted like the snake ; Where hardly a human foot could pass, Or a human heart would dare, OH the quaking turf of the green morass He crouched,...morning of his birth ; On him alone the curse of Cain like a flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to the earth ! Longfellow. GOffS ACRE. I like that... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...she was rich, and gave up all To break the iron bands Of those who waited in her hall, And laboured in her lands. Long since beyond the Southern sea Their...songs of Liberty ! On him alone was the doom of pain, P'rom the morning of his birth; On him alone the curse of Cain Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 632 pages
...deformed his face ; On his forehead he bore the brand of shame, And the rags, that hid his mangled frame, All things above were bright and fair, All things...him alone was the doom of pain, From the morning of liis birth ; On him alone the curse of.Cain Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain, And struck him... | |
 | Marion Eliza Weir - 1873 - 348 pages
...life is not shaped by casualties and chance ; but is ordered and governed by Thee." ST. AUGUSTINE. " All things above were bright and fair, All things...of Liberty ! " On him alone was the doom of pain." LONGFELLOW. IT was lonely enough for Alethea to lie there — at the top of that dreary lodging-house... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 136 pages
...were bright and fair, All things were glad and free ; Lithe squirrels darted here and there, And the wild birds filled the echoing air With songs of liberty...birth ; On him alone the curse of Cain Fell, like flail on the garnered grain, And struck him to the earth. SHIPWRECK. overwhelming rapidity earnestly... | |
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