 O brothers mine, today we stand Where half a century sweeps our ken, Since God, through Lincoln's ready hand, Struck off our bonds and made us men. Just fifty years — a winter's day — As runs the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way,...  The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863 - Page 5by United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) - 1994 - 14 pagesFull view - About this book
 | African Americans - 1914 - 468 pages
...Magazine Verse for 1913." (Some of the more striking stanzas from James W. Johnson's poem) "FIFTY YEARS" Just fifty years — a winter's day — As runs the history of a race; Yet, as we now look o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place! Far, far the way that we thave trod, Fr... | |
 | Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - African Americans - 1920 - 332 pages
...great, For fixing now for coming time the "Day We Celebrate." — D. WEBSTER DAVIS. o FIFTY YEARS * BROTHERS mine, today we stand Where half a century...day — As runs the history of a race; Yet, as we now look o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place ! Look farther back! Three centuries! To... | |
 | James Weldon Johnson - African Americans - 1922 - 274 pages
...FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913) On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation O brothers mine, to-day we stand Where half a century...the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place! Look farther back ! Three centuries ! To where a naked,... | |
 | Brander Matthews - American poetry - 1922 - 284 pages
...WELDON JOHNSON 1863- On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Emancipa1913 tian Proclamation. O BROTHERS mine, to-day we stand Where half a century...the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place ! Look farther back! Three centuries! To where a naked, shivering... | |
 | James Weldon Johnson - African Americans - 1922 - 278 pages
...FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913) On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation O brothers mine, to-day we stand Where half a century...hand, Struck off our bonds and made us men. Just fifty years—a winter's day— As runs the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant... | |
 | Frederick German Detweiler - Literary Criticism - 1922 - 296 pages
...the people who are our fellow-citizens now and forever — even if we do not always so regard them."1 O brothers mine, today we stand Where half a century...ready hand. Struck off our bonds and made us men. Far, far the way that we have trod, From heathen kraals and jungle dens. To freedmen, freemen, sons... | |
 | Newman Ivey White, Walter Clinton Jackson - African Americans - 1924 - 276 pages
...Fifth Avenue, New York City. The selections are from Fifty Years and Other Poems. Fifty Years 1863-1913 BROTHERS mine, to-day we stand Where half a century...history of a race ; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place! Look farther back! Three centuries! To where a naked, shivering... | |
 | James Weldon Johnson - African Americans - 1983 - 316 pages
...FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913) On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation O brothers mine, today we stand Where half a century...the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place! Look farther back! Three centuries! To where a naked, shivering... | |
 | James Weldon Johnson - Poetry - 2000 - 244 pages
...as a whole. After a struggle in which my better taste and judgment won, I cut off the last stanzas. O brothers mine, today we stand Where half a century...the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place! Look farther back! Three centuries! To where a naked, shivering... | |
 | James Weldon Johnson - Poetry - 2000 - 116 pages
...struggle in which my better taste and judgment won, I cut off the last stanzas. Fifty Years (1863-1913) O brothers mine, today we stand Where half a century...the history of a race; Yet, as we look back o'er the way, How distant seems our starting place! Look farther back! Three centuries! To where a naked, shivering... | |
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