This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...birds of my land bid me welcome again? What sky arches o'er me? Does this perfumed air From the flowers that once knew me a kind greeting bear? Lo, the willow-trees yonder! The bright lake is near! The plash of its waters comes soft to mine ear! My home, and unchanged! Yet an alien I stand 'Mid the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...birds of my land bid me welcome again? What sky arches o'er me? Does this perfumed air From the flowers that once knew me a kind greeting bear? Lo, the willow-trees yonder! The bright lake is near! The plash of its waters comes soft to mine ear! My home, and unchanged! Yet an alien I stand 'Mid the birds and the trees and the flowers of my land; And the dull, heavy tread of the slave prints the sod Which the bold, rapid step of my free boyhood trod. Ah, my own cabin home, with its vine-curtained door! All the old household faces crowd round me once more! 'T is thy voice, my own sister! how welcome, how dear, Falls the music of kindness again on mine ear! And these dear circling arms, and this welcoming face! I am havened once more in a mother's embrace! Oh, but clasp me, my mother! Thy fond arms enfold The same loving boy whom they cradled of old! Take thou back thy poor lost one, all changed though he be, Yet the same in his childlike reliance on thee! "But what dark creeping shadow draws ever more near? Can the curse that has blighted have power o'er me here? In my home can its withering terrors have part? Can it reach me when pressed to my own mother's heart? Ah, so long have I trembled, this unquiet fear Will cease not from troubling my soul even here! My mother, the son whose proud right it should be To shield thee from danger asks safety of thee! No more mayst thou call me thy noble, thy brave; For the heart of thy child is the heart of a slave! Yet do not thou scorn me! all free as thou art, Deny not the fallen his home in thy heart! It grows faint, thy fond pressure! Yet clasp me! more near! Thy face fades from mine eyes, thy voice fails on mine ear! Oh, yet one look of love! yet one pitying tone! Alone! with the darkness and...
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Near Fine. 12mo 6.75-7.75'' tall. 1st Printing. Dark green embossed cloth with an interesting high-relief ripple pattern. Nice Firm Clean copy! cloth frayed at spine top and 2 lower board tips. text pages unmarked. 249 pages.
