Poems
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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About This Book
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born free on 24th September 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland which, at that time, was still a slave state.By age 3 Frances had been orphaned and thereafter raised by her maternal aunt and uncle who also gave her her surname; Watkins.At 13 she was working as a seamstress and then as a nursemaid for a white family that owned a bookshop. Here any spare time was used to read books in the shop and work on her own writing which from 1839 included pieces in anti-slavery journals.By the age of 20 Frances had published her first poetry book ‘Forest Leaves, or Autumn Leaves’,...
Chapters (119)
- POEMS
- CONTENTS.
- MY MOTHER'S KISS.
- 2 MY MOTHER'S KISS.
- A GRAIN OF SAND. 3
- 4 THE CROCUSES.
- THE CROCUSES.
- THE CROCUSES. 5
- 6 THE PRESENT AGE.
- THE PRESENT AGE. 7
- 8 THE PRESENT AGE.
- DEDICATION POEM. 9
- DEDICATION POEM.
- 10 DEDICATION POEM.
- DEDICATION POEM. 11
- 12 A DOUBLE STANDARD.
- A DOUBLE STANDARD.
- A DOUBLE STANDARD. 13
- 14 A DOUBLE STANDARD.
- OUR HERO. 15
- 16 OUR HERO.
- THE DYING BONDMAN. 17
- THE DYING BONDMAN.
- 18 THE DYING BONDMAN.
- "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM." 19
- "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM."
- 20 "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM."
- THE SPARROW'S FALL. 21
- THE SPARROW'S FALL.
- 22 THE SPARROW'S FALL.
- GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND. 23
- 24 DANDELIONS. DANDELIONS.
- THE BUILDING. 25
- THE BUILDING.
- 26 HOME, SWEET HOME.
- HOME, SWEET HOME.
- HOME, SWEET HOME. 27
- 28 THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD.
- THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD.
- THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD. 29
- 30 NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD.
- HE "HAD NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD."
- GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD. 31
- GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD.
- 32 GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD.
- RENEWAL OF STRENGTH. 33
- RENEWAL OF STRENGTH.
- 34 JAMIE'S PUZZLE.
- JAMIE'S PUZZLE.
- JAMIE'S PUZZLE. 35
- 36 TRUTH.
- TRUTH.
- TRUTH. 37
- 38 DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING.
- DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING.
- DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING. 39
- 40 SAVE THE BOYS.
- SAVE THE BOYS.
- SAVE THE BOYS. 41
- 42 NOTHING AND SOMETHING.
- NOTHING AND SOMETHING. 43
- 44 VASHTI.
- VASHTI.
- VASHTI. 45
- 46 VASHTI.
- THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. 47
- THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
- 48 THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
- THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA.
- 50 THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA.
- THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA. 51
- 52 THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA.
- THE NIGHT OF DEATH. 53
- THE NIGHT OF DEATH.
- 54 THE NIGHT OF DEATH.
- THE NIGHT OF DEATH. 55
- 56 MOTHER'S TREASURES.
- MOTHER'S TREASURES.
- MOTHER'S TREASURES. 57
- 58 THE REFINER'S GOLD.
- THE REFINER'S GOLD.
- THE REFINER'S GOLD. 59
- 60 A STORY OF THE REBELLION.
- A STORY OF THE REBELLION. 61
- BURIAL OF SARAH.
- 62 BURIAL OF SARAH.
- BURIAL OF SARAH. 63
- GOING EAST.
- 64 GOING EAST.
- GOING EAST. 65
- 66 THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE.
- THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE. 67
- 68 THE HERMIT'S SACRIFICE.
- SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. 69
- SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
- 70 SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
- LET THE LIGHT ENTER. 71
- 72 AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN.
- AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN.
- AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN. 73
- 74 AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN.
- THEN AND NOW. 75
- 76 THEN AND NOW.
- THEN AND NOW. 77
- 78 THEN AND NOW.
- MACEO. 79
- MACEO.
- 80 MACEO.
- MACEO. 81
- 82 ONLY A WORD.
- "FISHERS OF MEN."
- "FISHERS OF MEN." 83
- 84 SIGNING THE PLEDGE.
- THE LOST BELLS. 85
- 86 THE LOST BELLS.
- THE LOST BELLS. 87
- 88 "DO NOT CHEER, MEN ARE DYING."
- "DO NOT CHEER, MEN ARE DYING." 89
- 90 THE BURDENS OF ALL.
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