 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...me, for I tell it but as I have heard it. Brothers, I have done. ORIGINAL POETRY. THE AFRICAN CHIEF. CHAINED in the market-place he stood, A man of giant...And silently they gazed on him, As on a lion bound. Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, He was a captive now, Yet pride, that fortune humbles not,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 492 pages
...me, for I tell it but as I have heard it. Brothers, I have done. ORIGINAL POETRY. THE AFRICAN CHIEF. CHAINED in the market-place he stood, A man of giant...ground : — And silently they gazed on him, As on a lign bound. Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, He was a captive now, Yet pride, that fortune... | |
 | African Americans - 1827 - 470 pages
...unadorned statement of facts, by the following beautiful and pathetic stanzas: Chained in the market place he stood, A man of giant frame, , Amid the gathering...And silently they gazed on him, As on a lion bound. 1826.] The African Chief. 321 Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, ,* He was a captive now, Yet... | |
 | Slavery - 1828 - 390 pages
...the coast, in the same vessel, last voyage, 600 slaves. THE AFRICAN CHIEF Chained in the market place he stood, A man of giant frame, Amid the gathering...And silently they gazed on him, As on a lion bound. Vainly, but well, that'chief had fought, He was a captive now, Yet pride, that fortune humbles not,... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...not in temples made with hands !" LESSON XCVII. The African Chief. — US LITERARY GAZETTE. CHAIN'D in the market-place he stood, A man of giant frame,...limb, His dark eye on the ground : And silently they gaz'd on him, As on a lion bound. Vainly, but well, that chief had fought— He was a captive now ;... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...not in temples made with hands !" LESSON XCVII. The African Chief. — US LITERARY GAZETTE. CHAIN'D in the market-place he stood, A man of giant frame,...gathering multitude That shrunk to hear his name, — All stem of look and strong of limb. His dark eye on the ground : And silently they gaz'd on him, As on... | |
 | 1828 - 496 pages
...CHAIN'D in the market-place be stood, a man of giant frame, Amid the gathering multitude that shrank to hear his name, — All stern of look and strong...limb, his dark eye on the ground :— And silently thay gazed on him, as on a lion bound. Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, he was a captive now... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...For, see, the hounds are just in view." SECTION II. The African Chief. 1. CHAINED in the market place he stood, A man of giant frame, Amid the gathering...And silently they gazed on him As on a lion bound. 2. Vainly, but well, that chief had fought • — He was a captive now : — Yet pride, that fortune... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...inaccessible to the power of man." EXERCISE 36. The African Chief.—BRYANT. 1 Chained in the market place he stood, A man of giant frame, Amid the gathering...And silently they gazed on him, As on a lion bound. 2 Vainly, but well, that chief had fought He was a captive now; Yet pride, that fortune humbles not,... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...see, the hounds are just in view." SECTION H. . . ; Tim African Chief. 1. CHAINED in the market place he stood. A man of giant frame, Amid the gathering...look and strong of limb, His dark eye on the ground ; i And silently they gazed on him As on a lion bound. 2. Vainly, but well, that chief had fought —... | |
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CHAINED in the market-place he stood, A man of giant frame, Amid the gathering multitude That shrunk to hear his name — All stern of look and strong of limb, His dark eye on the ground : — And silently they gazed on him, As on a lion bound. Vainly,... 
