Poetry: Stanzas, To The Abolitionists Of America

'I'oil and pray! Growcth flcsh and spiiit faint? Think of lier who pours her plaint All llic day- Her - Ihc wretchcd negro wife, Robbcd of all that swectens life - Her - wlio wecps in (inguish wild For the lnuband uu the chüd Torn avvay! - Nature's tic?, Binding hcart with kindred hcart, Rent remorsclcpsly apart - Tearáand sighf, Sbrieks and prayerd uidiecdod givcii, Calling out froni carth to hemen - All Iliat. tpeaks the siave's JistrcsB - All that in Iiis cup doth jircs Ajüiiiu - Woo and biight, Iiroke hcait and palsicd rnind, Rcaaon crushed and coiitcicncc blind, Darkcst niyliL Shuttiiiir from the spirit's cyc, Light and glory from on high - Think oftliese - and fallir nol.' Toi! - unti! the slave is bruuglit Up to liglit! Whut thnugh Ilatc Darkly scowla upo your palh? Fear not ye the tyranl's wrath - Hope, and wait - For tliough long the strife endure, Frccdom's triumpli sbpll be ture - Toil in faith. for God h.'ilh epoke, Evcry fetter shall bc broken, Soon or late. Not in vnin Ilath been heard your voicc of warning - Lo' a better day isdawning; And a ga in Kiiall be hcarci, from sea to sea, Loudest songs of jubilee Dursting fiorn i francliised nation, As it leaps in e.vultalion From the chain!