Gone, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone. There no mother's eye is near them, There no mother's ear can hear them ; Never, when the torturing lash Seams their back with many a gash, Shall a mother's kindness bless them, Or a mother's... Lands of the Slave and the Free: Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada - Página 8por Henry Anthony Murray - 1855 - 460 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
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| Robert Edgar Conrad - 2010 - 542 páginas
...the rice-swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters — Woe is me, my stolen daughters! Gone, gone — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank...hear them; Never, when the torturing lash Seams their back with many a gash, Shall a mother's kindness bless them, The Internal Slave Trade of the United... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 2004 - 219 páginas
...dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters,— Woe is me, my stolen daughters! Gone, gone—sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone. There no...hear them; Never, when the torturing lash Seams their back with many a gash, Shall a mother's kindness bless them, Or a mother's arms caress them. Gone,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1885 - 386 páginas
...the rice-swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters, — Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank...them ; Never, when the torturing lash Seams their back with many a gash, Shall a mother's kindness bless them, Or a mother's arms caress them. Gone,... | |
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