Page:Poems written during the progress of the abolition question in the United States.djvu/54

 Go—let him silence Winds, clouds, and waters— Never New England's own Free sons and daughters! Free as our rivers are Ocean-ward going— Free as the breezes are Over us blowing. Up to our altars, then, Haste we, and summon Courage and loveliness. Manhood and woman! Deep let our pledges be— Freedom forever— Truce with Oppression, Never, oh! never! By our own birthright-gift, Granted of Heaven— Freedom for heart and lip, Be the pledge given! If we have whispered truth, Whisper no longer; Speak as the tempest does, Sterner and stronger: Still be the tones of truth Louder and firmer, Startling the haughty South With the deep murmur: