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Poems

by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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Author
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911
Credits
Produced by Judith Boss
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Poetry
Category
Text
eBook-No.
679
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/679
Release Date
October 1, 1996
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.POEMS — BY — CONTENTS.
  3. 3.MY MOTHER'S KISS. — 2 MY MOTHER'S KISS. — A GRAIN OF SAND. 3 — 4 THE CROCUSES. — THE CROCUSES. — THE CROCUSES. 5 — 6 THE PRESENT AGE. — THE PRESENT AGE. 7 — 8 THE PRESENT AGE. — DEDICATION POEM. 9 — DEDICATION POEM. — 10 DEDICATION POEM. — DEDICATION POEM. 11 — 12 A DOUBLE STANDARD. — A DOUBLE STANDARD. — A DOUBLE STANDARD. 13 — 14 A DOUBLE STANDARD. — OUR HERO. 15 — 16 OUR HERO. — THE DYING BONDMAN. 17 — THE DYING BONDMAN. — 18 THE DYING BONDMAN. — "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM." 19 — "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM."
  4. 4.20 "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM." — THE SPARROW'S FALL. 21 — THE SPARROW'S FALL. — 22 THE SPARROW'S FALL. — GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND. 23 — 24 DANDELIONS. — DANDELIONS. — THE BUILDING. 25 — THE BUILDING. — 26 HOME, SWEET HOME. — HOME, SWEET HOME. — HOME, SWEET HOME. 27 — 28 THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD. — THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD. — THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD. 29 — 30 NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD. — HE "HAD NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD." — GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD. 31 — GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD. — 32 GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD. — RENEWAL OF STRENGTH. 33 — RENEWAL OF STRENGTH. — 34 JAMIE'S PUZZLE. — JAMIE'S PUZZLE. — JAMIE'S PUZZLE. 35 — 36 TRUTH. — TRUTH. — TRUTH. 37 — 38 DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING. — DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING. — DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING. 39 — 40 SAVE THE BOYS. — SAVE THE BOYS. — SAVE THE BOYS. 41 — 42 NOTHING AND SOMETHING. — NOTHING AND SOMETHING. 43 — 44 VASHTI. — VASHTI. — VASHTI. 45 — 46 VASHTI. — THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. 47 — THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. — 48 THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. — THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA. — 50 THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA. — THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA. 51 — 52 THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA. — THE NIGHT OF DEATH. 53 — THE NIGHT OF DEATH. — 54 THE NIGHT OF DEATH. — THE NIGHT OF DEATH. 55 — 56 MOTHER'S TREASURES. — MOTHER'S TREASURES. — MOTHER'S TREASURES. 57
  5. 5.58 THE REFINER'S GOLD. — THE REFINER'S GOLD. — THE REFINER'S GOLD. 59 — 60 A STORY OF THE REBELLION. — A STORY OF THE REBELLION. 61 — BURIAL OF SARAH. — 62 BURIAL OF SARAH. — BURIAL OF SARAH. 63 — GOING EAST. — 64 GOING EAST. — GOING EAST. 65 — 66 THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE. — THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE. 67 — 68 THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE. — SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. 69 — SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. — 70 SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. — LET THE LIGHT ENTER. 71 — 72 AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN. — AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN. — AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN. 73 — 74 AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN. — THEN AND NOW. 75 — 76 THEN AND NOW. — THEN AND NOW. 77 — 78 THEN AND NOW. — MACEO. 79 — MACEO. — 80 MACEO. — MACEO. 81 — 82 ONLY A WORD. — "FISHERS OF MEN." — "FISHERS OF MEN." 83 — 84 SIGNING THE PLEDGE. — THE LOST BELLS. 85 — 86 THE LOST BELLS. — THE LOST BELLS. 87 — 88 "DO NOT CHEER, MEN ARE DYING." — "DO NOT CHEER, MEN ARE DYING." 89 — 90 THE BURDENS OF ALL.

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