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Poetry

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

BOOK TYPE
Poetry
READING TIME
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WORDS
40,650
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About this book

A collection of poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

Poetry

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Eliza Harris
  4. The Soul
  5. The Syrophenician Woman
  6. The Slave Mother
  7. Bible Defence of Slavery
  8. Ethiopia
  9. The Drunkard’s Child
  10. The Slave Auction
  11. The Revel
  12. That Blessed Hope
  13. The Dying Christian
  14. Report
  15. Advice to the Girls
  16. Saved by Faith
  17. Died of Starvation
  18. A Mother’s Heroism
  19. The Fugitive’s Wife
  20. The Contrast
  21. The Prodigal’s Return
  22. Eva’s Farewell
  23. Be Active
  24. Lessons of the Street
  25. “Gone to God”
  26. To the Union Savers of Cleveland
  27. Bury Me in a Free Land
  28. Moses
    1. I: The Parting
    2. II
    3. III: Flight Into Midian
    4. IV
    5. V
    6. VI
    7. VII
    8. VIII
    9. IX: The Death of Moses
  29. Lines to Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
  30. An Appeal to the American People
  31. Truth
  32. Death of the Old Sea King
  33. “Let the Light Enter!”
  34. Youth in Heaven
  35. Death of Zombi
  36. Lines to Charles Sumner
  37. “Sir, We Would See Jesus”
  38. The Bride of Death
  39. Thank God for Little Children
  40. The Dying Fugitive
  41. The Freedom Bell
  42. Mary at the Feet of Christ
  43. The Mother’s Blessing
  44. Vashti
  45. The Change
  46. The Dying Mother
  47. Words for the Hour
  48. President Lincoln’s Proclamation of Freedom
  49. To a Babe Smiling in Her Sleep
  50. The Artist
  51. Jesus
  52. Fifteenth Amendment
  53. Retribution
  54. The Sin of Achan
  55. Lines to Miles O’Reiley
  56. The Little Builders
  57. The Dying Child to Her Blind Father
  58. Light in Darkness
  59. Our English Friends
  60. Aunt Chloe
  61. The Deliverance
  62. Aunt Chloe’s Politics
  63. Learning to Read
  64. Church Building
  65. The Reunion
  66. “I Thirst”
  67. The Dying Queen
  68. The Tennessee Hero
  69. Free Labor
  70. Lines
  71. The Dismissal of Tyng
  72. The Slave Mother
  73. Rizpah, the Daughter of Ai
  74. Ruth and Naomi
  75. The Jewish Grandfather’s Story
  76. Out in the Cold
  77. Save the Boys
  78. Nothing and Something
  79. Wanderer’s Return
  80. “Fishers of Men”
  81. Signing the Pledge
  82. 25th Anniversary of the “Old Folks’ Home”
  83. A Fairer Hope, a Brighter Morn
  84. The Martyr of Alabama
  85. The Night of Death
  86. Mother’s Treasures
  87. The Refiner’s Gold
  88. A Story of the Rebellion
  89. Burial of Sarah
  90. Going East
  91. The Hermit’s Sacrifice
  92. Songs for the People
  93. An Appeal to My Countrywomen
  94. Then and Now
  95. Maceo
  96. My Mother’s Kiss
  97. A Grain of Sand
  98. The Crocuses
  99. The Present Age
  100. Dedication Poem
  101. A Double Standard
  102. Our Hero
  103. The Dying Bondman
  104. “A Little Child Shall Lead Them”
  105. The Sparrow’s Fall
  106. God Bless Our Native Land
  107. Dandelions
  108. The Building
  109. Home, Sweet Home
  110. The Pure in Heart Shall See God
  111. He “Had Not Where to Lay His Head”
  112. Go Work in My Vineyard
  113. Renewal of Strength
  114. Jamie’s Puzzle
  115. The Lost Bells
  116. “Do Not Cheer, Men Are Dying,” Said Capt. Phillips, in the Spanish-American War
  117. The Burdens of All
  118. Behold the Lilies!
  119. The Ragged Stocking
  120. The Fatal Pledge
  121. Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem
  122. The Resurrection of Jesus
  123. Simon’s Countrymen
  124. Deliverance
  125. Simon’s Feast
  126. Endnotes
  127. Colophon
  128. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2024-08-29
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (ann, aut)
  • Thomas Anshutz (art)
  • Amardeep Singh (trc)
  • Sarah Thompson (trc)
  • Richard Tonsing (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • Weijia Cheng (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, trc, tyg)
  • Alex Cabal (pfr)
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