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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was an African American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, and novelist. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper became one of the first women of color to publish a work of literature in the United States when her debut poetry collection Forest Leaves appeared in 1845. In 1850, she began to teach sewing at Union Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. The following year, alongside chairman of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society William Still, she began working as an abolitionist in earnest, helping slaves escape to Canada along the Underground Railroad. In 1854, having established herself as a prominent public speaker and political activist, Harper published Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, a resounding critical and commercial success. Over the course of her life, Harper founded and participated in several progressive organizations, including the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the National Association of Colored Women. At the age of sixty-seven, Harper published Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, becoming one of the first African American women to publish a novel.
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Poems - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Poems
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Table of Contents
MY MOTHER'S KISS.
4 THE CROCUSES.
A DOUBLE STANDARD.
THE DYING BONDMAN.
20 A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM.
THE SPARROW'S FALL.
THE BUILDING.
HOME, SWEET HOME.
THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD.
HE HAD NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD.
GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD.
RENEWAL OF STRENGTH.
JAMIE'S PUZZLE.
TRUTH.
DEATH OF THE OLD SEA KING.
SAVE THE BOYS.
44 VASHTI.
VASHTI.
THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA.
THE NIGHT OF DEATH.
MOTHER'S TREASURES.
58 THE REFINER'S GOLD.
THE REFINER'S GOLD.
BURIAL OF SARAH.
GOING EAST.
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN.
76 THEN AND NOW.
MACEO.
FISHERS OF MEN.
PAGE
My Mother's Kiss . . . . . . . . . . 1
A Grain of Sand . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Crocuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Present Age . . . . . . . . . . 6
Dedication Poem . . . . . . . . . . 9
A Double Standard . . . . . . . . . 12
Our Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Dying Bondman . . . . . . . . . 17
A Little Child Shall Lead Them . . . 19
The Sparrow's Fall . . . . . . . . . 21
God Bless Our Native Land . . . . . 23
Dandelions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The Building . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Home, Sweet Home . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Pure in Heart Shall See God . . 28
He Had Not Where to Lay His Head . . 30
Go Work in My Vineyard . . . . . . . 31
Renewal of Strength . . . . . . . . 33
Jamie's Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Death of the Old Sea King . . . . . 38
Save the Boys . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Nothing and Something . . . . . . . 42
Vashti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Thank God for Little Children . . . 47
The Martyr of Alabama . . . . . . . 49
The Night of Death . . . . . . . . . 53
Mother's Treasures . . . . . . . . . 56
The Refiner's Gold . . . . . . . . . 58
A Story of the Rebellion . . . . . . 60
Burial of Sarah . . . . . . . . . . 61
Going East . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
The Hermit's Sacrifice . . . . . . . 66
Songs for the People . . . . . . . . 69
Let the Light Enter . . . . . . . . 71
An Appeal to My Country Women . . . 72
MY MOTHER'S KISS.
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