 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 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 ! They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...cottager Peace is well known for her sire, And shepherds have named her Content. CUNNINGHAM. FREEDOM. true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free ! They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow, Samuel Johnson - Hymns, English - 1865 - 540 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...heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free. They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves, who will not choose... | |
 | G. S. Stevens - Hymns, English - 1865 - 398 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves, indeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed V 2 Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt V No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart and hand to be Earnest... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1866 - 174 pages
...When want and woes overwhelm, Remembering, like the fearless child, Our Father's at the helm. FREEDOM. IS true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free ! They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will»not choose... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1869 - 708 pages
...chain 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 #<! owe mankind a debt? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1869 - 706 pages
...chain 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 leathei'n hearts forget That a°, owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 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 ! They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Congregational churches - 1873 - 920 pages
...When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves mdeed — Slaves unworthy to be freed '. 2. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...with heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free ! 8. They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves, who will not... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1874 - 544 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...heart and hand to be Earnest to make others free. They are slaves, who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves, who will not choose... | |
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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! 
