African-American Poetry by Joan R. Sherman

Author:Joan R. Sherman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486111452
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

Prayers have risen, risen, risen,

From the cotton fields and prison;

Though the overseer stood with lash in hand,

Groaned the overburdened heart;

Not a tear-drop dared to start —

But the Slaves’ petition reach’d the glory-land.

They are coming, they are coming,

From away in tangled swamp,

Where the slimy reptile hid its poisonous head;

Through the long night and the day,

They have heard the bloodhounds’ bey,

While the morass furnished them an humble bed.

They are coming, rising, rising,

And their progress is surprising,

By their brawny muscles earning daily bread;

Though their wages be a pittance,

Still each week a small remittance,

Builds a shelter for the weary toiling head.

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