First linesSarah Louisa Forten Purvis

  1. And they are gone⁠—that little band The Separation
  2. Dear cherished hours, how much ye tell Hours of Childhood
  3. Farewell!⁠—but thou wilt soon forget The Farewell
  4. Father, we lift the suppliant eye, A Prayer
  5. Mother, I leave thee⁠—thou hast been, The Slave Girl’s Farewell
  6. O, speed thee! speed thee! gallant bark, To the Hibernia
  7. Oh, woman, woman, in thy brightest hour An Appeal to Woman
  8. Oh! mother, weep not, though our lot be hard, The Slave Girl’s Address to Her Mother
  9. Oh! speak not of heathenish darkness again, My Country
  10. The cold storms of winter shall chill him no more, The Grave of the Slave
  11. The friends we’ve loved, the home we’ve left, Past Joys
  12. There lies the sole remaining hope A Mother’s Grief
  13. This sacred right none are denied, Prayer
  14. To see our pathway strewn with flowers, Life

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