Carolina Quotes
Come Liberty, thou cheerful sound, Roll through my ravished ears! Come, let my grief in joys be drowned, And drive away my fears.
George Moses Horton Carolinian
Source
The Hope of Liberty. Containing a Number of Poetical Pieces (Raleigh: J. Gales & Son, 1829); Documenting the American South, UNC
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- The Hope of Liberty
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- 1829
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“Come Liberty, thou cheerful sound, Roll through my ravished …” George Moses Horton. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F942D21E1F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f942d21e1f
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Alas! and am I born for this, To wear this slavish chain? Deprived of all created bliss, Through hardship, toil and pain! How long have I in bondage lain, And languished to be free! Alas! and must I still complain-- Deprived of liberty.
Creation fires my tongue! Nature thy anthems raise; And spread the universal song Of thy Creator's praise!
Come, melting Pity, from afar, And break this vast enormous bar Between a wretch and thee; Purchase a few short days of time, And bid a vassal soar sublime, On wings of Liberty.