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Poems Of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Boston Hymn
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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Boston Hymn
Read In Music Hall, January 1, 1863^1
[Footnote 1: The day when the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.]
The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame.
God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Think ye I made this ball A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry the weak and poor?
My angel, - his name is Freedom, - Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and ...
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