Front matter
Reading edition
Produced by Judith Boss
Poems
By
FRANCES E. W. HARPER
The Black Heritage Library Collection
First Published 1895
POEMS
BY
FRANCES E. W. HARPER
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. ISAIAH 60:15.
CONTENTS.
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My Mother's Kiss . . . . . . . . . . 1 A Grain of Sand . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Crocuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Present Age . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dedication Poem . . . . . . . . . . 9 A Double Standard . . . . . . . . . 12 Our Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Dying Bondman . . . . . . . . . 17 A Little Child Shall Lead Them . . . 19 The Sparrow's Fall . . . . . . . . . 21 God Bless Our Native Land . . . . . 23 Dandelions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Building . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Home, Sweet Home . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Pure in Heart Shall See God . . 28 He Had Not Where to Lay His Head . . 30 Go Work in My Vineyard . . . . . . . 31 Renewal of Strength . . . . . . . . 33 Jamie's Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Death of the Old Sea King . . . . . 38 Save the Boys . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Nothing and Something . . . . . . . 42 Vashti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Thank God for Little Children . . . 47 The Martyr of Alabama . . . . . . . 49 The Night of Death . . . . . . . . . 53 Mother's Treasures . . . . . . . . . 56 The Refiner's Gold . . . . . . . . . 58 A Story of the Rebellion . . . . . . 60 Burial of Sarah . . . . . . . . . . 61 Going East . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 The Hermit's Sacrifice . . . . . . . 66 Songs for the People . . . . . . . . 69 Let the Light Enter . . . . . . . . 71 An Appeal to My Country Women . . . 72