First linesFrances Ellen Watkins Harper

  1. A rock, for ages, stern and high, Truth
  2. At the Portals of the Future, Lines
  3. Beneath the burden of our joy Fifteenth Amendment
  4. “Build me a house,” said the Master, The Building
  5. Come nearer to me, husband, The Dying Mother
  6. Come speak to me of Jesus, Jesus
  7. Come, gather around me, children, The Jewish Grandfather’s Story
  8. Cruel in vengeance, reckless in wrath, Death of Zombi
  9. Dear father, I hear a whisper, The Dying Child to Her Blind Father
  10. Do you blame me that I loved him? A Double Standard
  11. Do you see this cup⁠—this tempting cup⁠— Signing the Pledge
  12. Do you see this grain of sand A Grain of Sand
  13. Farewell, father! I am a dying, Eva’s Farewell
  14. From Rome’s palaces and villas The Hermit’s Sacrifice
  15. Go work in my vineyard, said the Lord, Go Work in My Vineyard
  16. God bless our native land, God Bless Our Native Land
  17. Have the bright and glowing visions Lines to Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
  18. He came⁠—a wanderer; years of sin The Prodigal’s Return
  19. He lifted up his pleading eyes, The Martyr of Alabama
  20. He stood before his finished work; The Artist
  21. He stood before my heart’s closed door, The Refiner’s Gold
  22. He stood before the savage throng, The Tennessee Hero
  23. He stood before the sons of Heth, Burial of Sarah
  24. He stood beside his dying child, The Drunkard’s Child
  25. Heard you that shriek? It rose The Slave Mother
  26. I had a dream, a varied dream: “Fishers of Men”
  27. I have but four, the treasures of my soul, The Slave Mother
  28. I heard, my young friend Report
  29. I remember, well remember, Aunt Chloe
  30. I thirst, but earth cannot allay “I Thirst”
  31. I wear an easy garment, Free Labor
  32. In yonder halls reclining The Revel
  33. It is nothing to me, the beauty said, Nothing and Something
  34. It shall flash through coming ages; President Lincoln’s Proclamation of Freedom
  35. It was my sad and weary lot The Fugitive’s Wife
  36. Joy to my bosom! rest to my fear! The Syrophenician Woman
  37. Judgment slumbered. God in mercy Retribution
  38. Let me make the songs for the people, Songs for the People
  39. Life to her no brightness brought, Saved by Faith
  40. Life was trembling, faintly trembling The Dying Bondman
  41. Light! more light! the shadows deepen, “Let the Light Enter!”
  42. Like a fawn from the arrow, startled and wild, Eliza Harris
  43. Like Dives in the deeps of Hell Save the Boys
  44. Make me a grave where’er you will, Bury Me in a Free Land
  45. Master only left old Mistus The Deliverance
  46. Men of the North! it is no time Words for the Hour
  47. My home is so glad, my heart is so light, Wanderer’s Return
  48. My mother’s kiss, my mother’s kiss, My Mother’s Kiss
  49. Nay, do not blush! I only heard Advice to the Girls
  50. Night closed o’er the battling army, The Sin of Achan
  51. Not for them the length’ning shadows Youth in Heaven
  52. Of course, I don’t know very much Aunt Chloe’s Politics
  53. Oh, my soul had grown so weary The Mother’s Blessing
  54. Oh! crush it not, that hope so blest, That Blessed Hope
  55. Only a little scrap of blue “A Little Child Shall Lead Them”
  56. Out in the cold mid the dreary night, Out in the Cold
  57. Outcast from her home in Syria Dedication Poem
  58. Ring, aye, ring the freedom bell, The Freedom Bell
  59. Say not the age is hard and cold⁠— The Present Age
  60. Served him right! How could he dare The Dismissal of Tyng
  61. Sharers of a common country, Home, Sweet Home
  62. She came from the East a fair, young bride, Going East
  63. She leaned her head upon her hand Vashti
  64. She stood at Jesus’ feet, Mary at the Feet of Christ
  65. Slowly o’er his darkened features The Dying Fugitive
  66. Take sackcloth of the darkest dye, Bible Defence of Slavery
  67. Tell me, did the angels greet thee? To a Babe Smiling in Her Sleep
  68. Thank God for little children, Thank God for Little Children
  69. Thank God that thou hast spoken Lines to Charles Sumner
  70. The blue sky arching overhead, The Change
  71. The conies had their hiding-place, He “Had Not Where to Lay His Head”
  72. The light was faintly streaming The Dying Christian
  73. The murmurs of a distant strife A Mother’s Heroism
  74. The prison-house in which I live Renewal of Strength
  75. The sale began⁠—young girls were there, The Slave Auction
  76. The strength that bore her on for years The Dying Queen
  77. The treacherous sands had caught our boat, A Story of the Rebellion
  78. There was grief within our household Jamie’s Puzzle
  79. They forced him into prison, Died of Starvation
  80. They heard the South wind sighing The Crocuses
  81. They robed her for another groom, The Bride of Death
  82. They scorned her for her sinning, The Contrast
  83. They shall see Him in the crimson flush The Pure in Heart Shall See God
  84. Tidings! sad tidings for the daughter of Ai, Rizpah, the Daughter of Ai
  85. Too frail to soar⁠—a feeble thing⁠— The Sparrow’s Fall
  86. Turn my daughters, full of woe, Ruth and Naomi
  87. ’Twas a fearful night⁠—the tempest raved Death of the Old Sea King
  88. ’Twas a night of dreadful horror⁠— The Night of Death
  89. Two little children sit by my side, Mother’s Treasures
  90. Uncle Jacob often told us, Church Building
  91. Very soon the Yankee teachers Learning to Read
  92. We would see Jesus; earth is grand, “Sir, We Would See Jesus”
  93. We’ve room to build holy altars Light in Darkness
  94. Welcome children of the Spring, Dandelions
  95. Well, one morning real early The Reunion
  96. When a dark and fearful strife An Appeal to the American People
  97. Ye are builders, little builders, The Little Builders
  98. Yes! Ethiopia yet shall stretch Ethiopia
  99. You’ve heard no doubt of Irish bulls, Lines to Miles O’Reiley
  100. Your land is crowned with regal men, Our English Friends

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