 | James Freeman Clarke - Slavery - 1854 - 34 pages
...chain When it works a brother's pain, ' Are ye not base slaves indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Is true freedom, but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forgot That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear,... | |
 | William Wells Brown - Fugitive slaves - 1855 - 338 pages
...desire was to extend its blessing to his race. and in the language of the poet he would ask himself, " Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free." While acting as a servant to one of the steamers on Lake Erie, Brown often took fugitives from Cleveland... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...your veins, For your sisters now in chains; Answer, are ye fit to be Mothers of the brave and free ? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...with heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free ! They are slaves who will not choosa Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Congregational churches - 1855 - 518 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? i No I truo freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart and hand to be Earnest... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Bible - 1856 - 934 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to bo freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...with heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free ! 3. They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves, who will not... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Congregational churches - 1856 - 506 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are yo not base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...chains our brothers wear, And with heart and hand to bo Kämest to make others freo ! 3. They are slaves, who fear to speak For tho fallen and the weak... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 578 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern hearts forget That wo owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart... | |
 | Josephine Brown - African American abolitionists - 1856 - 112 pages
...it to be his duty to work for others ; and, in the language of the poet, he would ask himself — " Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leather hearts, forget, That we owe mankind a debt? No ! true freedom is to share All .the chains our... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Hymns, English - 1857 - 508 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed ? 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No I true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart and hand to be Earnest... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...veins, For your sisters now in chains,— Answer! are ye fit to be Mothers of the brave and free ? Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free ! Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not... | |
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Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free! 
