Complete Poems of Frances E. W. Harper :

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911)

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THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN

THE SLAVE MOTHER

BIBLE DEFENCE OF SLAVERY

ADVICE TO THE GIRLS

THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN

THE DISMISSAL OF TYNG

THE SLAVE MOTHER,

RIZPAH, THE DAUGHTER OF AI

RUTH AND NAOMI

MOSES A STORY OF THE NILE

THE PARTING Chapter I

II.

Chapter II

III.

FLIGHT INTO MIDIAN Chapter III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

THE DEATH OF MOSES Chapter IX

THE RAGGED STOCKING

THE FATAL PLEDGE

CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS

SIMON'S COUNTRYMEN

DELIVERANCE

SIMON'S FEAST

LINES TO HON. THADDEUS STEVENS

AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

TRUTH

DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING

LET THE LIGHT ENTER!

YOUTH IN HEAVEN

DEATH OF ZOMBI

LINES TO CHARLES SUMNER

“SIR, WE WOULD SEE JESUS”

THE BRIDE OF DEATH

THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN

THE DYING FUGITIVE

BURY ME IN A FREE LAND

THE FREEDOM BELL

MARY AT THE FEET OF CHRIST

THE MOTHER'S BLESSING

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM

TO A BABE SMILING IN HER SLEEP

LINES TO MILES O'REILEY

THE LITTLE BUILDERS

THE DYING CHILD TO HER BLIND FATHER

LIGHT IN DARKNESS

OUR ENGLISH FRIENDS

[I remember, well remember]

I THIRST

THE DYING QUEEN

THE JEWISH GRANDFATHER'S STORY

OUT IN THE COLD

SAVE THE BOYS

NOTHING AND SOMETHING

WANDERER'S RETURN

FISHERS OF MEN

SIGNING THE PLEDGE

THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA

THE NIGHT OF DEATH

MOTHER'S TREASURES

THE REFINER'S GOLD

A STORY OF THE REBELLION

BURIAL OF SARAH

GOING EAST

THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE

A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM

THE SPARROW'S FALL

GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND

DANDELIONS

HOME, SWEET HOME

THE BUILDING

THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD

HE HAD NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD

GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD

RENEWAL OF STRENGTH

JAMIE'S PUZZLE

AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRY WOMEN

THE LOST BELLS

“DO NOT CHEER, MEN ARE DYING,” SAID CAPT. PHILLIPS, IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

THE BURDENS OF ALL

A FAIRER HOPE, A BRIGHTER MORN

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE A. M. E. CHURCH

LESSONS OF THE STREET

A POEM Composed for the reception tendered the Reverend Henry L. Phillips and wife in celebration of their return from West Indies in 1902 and of his twenty-five years of service as rector of the Church of the Crucifixion, Philadelphia.

THE SOUL

TO THE UNION SAVERS OF CLEVELAND

THE VISION OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA

FOR THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM COLORED PERSONS

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ADVICE TO THE GIRLS

Nay, do not blush! I only heard
You had a mind to marry;
I thought I'd speak a friendly word,
So just one moment tarry.

Wed not a man whose merit lies
In things of outward show,
In raven hair or flashing eyes,
That please your fancy so.

But marry one who's good and kind,
And free from all pretence;
Who, if without a gifted mind,
At least has common sense.

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ADVICE TO THE GIRLS