Poetry

Hiisband, wlrlc gazing on thy lovely wife, Thy partner in ihe joys and i U of life, Canse ihou not feel how hard 'twould be to part Forever Irom the chosen of ihy heirt 1 How hard 'twould be to have a ruffian band Seize nnd convey her t a foreign land ; Drive her to toil bi neath its burning skies - HiniJ lier n ehains, and witli a rod chastise ? Canlt thou imagine thut thy thouglit would be Otlier than this- " my par;ner aliall be free 1" Would not the deed wake in thy da.ingsoul A feeling ihát no tyrani eould contrel ; (laiie thee above all childish, gruveling fears, And move thy arm i'uvenge thy pannei's teais ? Parent, look on thy prattling child anJ say If ruthless honda shouJd bear that child away Jnure its little hands to wearying !oil. And with its blood and teors enrich the snil, How would thy heart wiih indignaron burn, IIow li et Ie wouldst ihou pause to think, and learn Whelher 'twere best to set him ('roe ngain, Dry up bis tears, and banish all hispain : Pause ihou wouldst not, but turn with ritpid speed, And toil unceasingly til: thy ch ld wasfreed. , Brother, behold thy sister young an 1 fair, In whose briglit face we trace no signsof care, Whose every smile is happiness to thee, Whose merry laugh bids.'ll thy sorrows flee, - Jïeholi] and sny - if human fiends shouid sell Thy only sis'er to a southern heil, Drive her to toil upon iis fiery plair.s-W.nild nol the blood boil in thy tnnnly veins ? Thou wouldst not with thy sisier tamely part. Were she consignid to that unholy mart ; All, all thy power thou wonldst excrl to save From what is !'ar more fearful than the grave - Thou wouldbt not see thy sister made a slave. O ! husband, parent, brother, know ye not There is upon our nation's fame a blot - A deep, dark etain wrung frutn the bloeding heart Of husbanda, wives. forever doomed to pirt ? Of children from their parenip wceping torn ; Forever Irom their kind embraces borne ; Taugbt ;o f urge', to Üsp a pareni's name ; To i'eel the heavy rod. and wear the chain ; - Of sisters who have spent their early years With Ijrothers round them to allay their lears, Now hurriod off to toil, and weep, and sigli. Absent from friends to live, and abaent die 7 Were these your friends,what woula yourlanguage bo - " Our eisters, wives, and daughters shalt be free : God made tlmni free - our right arms he has given T'enforce the law proclaimed by him from hcaven ; Ours eyed no 6leep, no rrst our hands shal! know Ti'l we have triumphed o'er our co:nmon foe ; Till ihrse we love can all our blessings share, The only object ol our toil and prayer Shall be, to break the galling chains thnt bind The crimBoned body and the drooping mind." Langunge likc this from burning l:ps would come, And deeds ot loveand valor would be done. f hen wliy not strike lor frecdom for the slave, If yehave liear s to feel and liand to save t Kíefl man should stiive lo do a brolher good, And all mankind are one great brtlierhood. We ask you not to come with sord in hand And carry blood and carnage through the land; " We have a wenpon which is firmcr eet And better far than sword or bayoret, A weap.n thal comes down as calm and st 1 Aa snow flakes iall upon the quict hill, Yci fully executes a freeman's will." iet that will be - man's lost risjhts to rrstore, (ío rote ai'ight, and Slavcry is no more. Long LaUe, Genesee Co.