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Thoughts in Verse

A Volume of Poems
Rowe, George Clinton (1853-1903)

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INTRODUCTORY.
  
GOD SPEED.
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PART I.
  
DEDICATION.
  
MOTHER.
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PART II.—SUNBEAMS.
  
SUNBEAMS.
  
THE SAILBOAT.
  
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
  
TO D---.
  
A RECORD ABOVE.
  
HOLD FAST, HOLD ON, HOLD OUT.
  
THE LIFE-BOAT.
  
AGNES.
  
GOOD WISHES.
  
IRENE.
  
SABBATH MORNING.
  
FIRELIGHT FANCIES.
  
RAINY SABBATH.
  
TELL JESUS.
  
BABY.
  
THE SEA.
  
CYPRESS SLASH.
  
POWER OF A SONG.
  
DAISY.
  
BANGS.
  
ANNA.
  
CARRIE.
  
EIGHTEEN.
  
WILHELMINA.
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PART III.—IN MEMORIAM.
  
Rev. Allan McLean,
  
Wendell Phillips.
  
Miss Ann Eliza Davis,
  
Janie Armstrong.
  
Dr. George W. Levere.
  
[Dr. George W. Levere.]
  
Mrs. A. Isabel Herron.
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PART IV.—PSALMS IN VERSE.
  
FIRST PSALM.
  
SECOND PSALM.
  
THIRD PSALM.
  
TWENTY-THIRD PSALM.
  
THIRTY-NINTH PSALM.
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PART V. BETHESDA, AND OTHER POEMS.
  
BETHESDA.
  
HOME.
  
MOTHER'S 69TH BIRTHDAY.
  
RETROSPECT.
  
BURNING OF ACADEMIC HALL.
  
SISTERS OF PLYMOUTH.
  
PLYMOUTH CHOIR.
  
THE SONG OF MOSES.
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PART VI—AMBITION.
  
THE REASON WHY.
  
TEACHERS OF GEORGIA.
  
IT IS NOT ALL OF LIFE TO LIVE.
  
EMANCIPATION.
  
TRUE NOBILITY.
  
SLUICE THE DYKE.
  
FREEDOM.
  
OPPORTUNITY.
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PART VII.—MISCELLANEOUS.
  
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
  
LORD, SAVE ME.
  
REST.
  
REDEEM THE TIME.
  
GO WORK.
  
CHANGE.
  
LE COQ ET LA PERLE.
  
GENIUS IN RUINS.
  
LIFE.
  
COMMUNION.
  
COME.
  
THE HOUR OF DEATH.
  
MY PERSUASION.
  
FAITH.
  
THE EARTHQUAKE.
  
JEALOUSY.
  
THE PASSING YEAR.
  
OF ONE BLOOD.
  
CRITICISM.

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EMANCIPATION.

Hark! what mean those shouts and cheers,
From yon group of slaves? Tell me?
Hear the words that greet our ears:
We are free! oh! we are free!
Can it be that this is so?
Is it true? Come, let us see!
Yes, thank God, 'tis even so,—
He has set the captive free.
Years have passed since they were torn
From their home across the sea;
But to-day has broke the morn—
Hear them shouting—we are free!
Free from slavery's cruel chain;
Free as ever man can be.
Prayers and groans were not in vain,
God has heard, and we are free!
Let thy thanks go up to Him,
Who has broke thy bands for thee;
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Thank Him with thy lips and life,—
Praise Him! Praise Him! We are free!
In the years which are to come,
May one glad thought ever be
In our minds,—abroad, at home—
He has heard, and we are free!
January, 1882.
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