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[Poems by Fields in] The North Star
the poetry of freedom
Fields, James Thomas (1817-1881)
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A TRUE PATRIOT.
THE DWELLER ON THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE EARLY TRAVELLER.
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[Poems by Fields in] The North Star
Reel back, ye cowering slaves!
Blanch, ye Athenian knaves,
With pallid fear!
Look where the true man stands,—
Look! for the dead commands,
The gray-haired seer!
[Poems by Fields in] The North Star