 | African American songs - 1845 - 234 pages
...weary day, And at night the Spoiler's prey ; Oh, that they had earlier died, Sleeping calmly, side by side, Where the tyrant's power is o'er, And the fetter galls no more \-Gmte, i&c. Gone, gone — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, By the holy love He beareth—... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...weary day, And at night the Spoiler's prey. Oh, that they had earlier died, Sleeping calmly side by side, Where the tyrant's power is o'er, And the fetter...galls no more ! Gone, gone — sold and gone, To the rice swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters — Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone,... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...the rice- swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters,— Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone — sold and gone. To the rice-swamp dank and lone, From the tree whose shadow lay On their childhood's place of play — From the cool spring where they drank-^Rock,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1850 - 408 pages
...the rice-swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters — Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, From the tree whose shadow lay On their childhood's place of play — From the cool spring where they drank... | |
 | Slavery - 1853 - 380 pages
...weary day, And at night the spoiler's prey. 0, that they had earlier died, Sleeping calmly, side by side, Where the tyrant's power is o'er, And the fetter...gone, sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, Prom Virginia's hills and waters, Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone, sold and gone, To the... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Enslaved persons - 1853 - 276 pages
...weary day, And at night the spoiler's prey. 0, that, they had earlier died, Sleeping calmly, side by side, Where the tyrant's power is o'er, And the fetter galls no more ! Gone, gone, Ac. Gone, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone. By the holy love He beareth, *... | |
 | J. Benwell - History - 1853 - 272 pages
...contrast to their former gay but not happy life. " Oh that they had earlier died, Sleeping calmly side by side, Where the tyrant's power is o'er, And the fetter galls no more." Many of such poor outcasts are to be found scattered all over the slave states, some employed as field... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 534 pages
...— There no brother's voice shall greet them, There no father's welcome meet them. Gone, gone, &c. Gone, gone, — sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone. From the tree whose shadow lay On their childhood's place of play ; From the cool spring where they drank... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 384 pages
...To the rice-swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters, Woe is me, my stolen daughters ! Gone, gone, sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, From the tree whose shadow lay On their childhood's place of play, From the cool spring where they drank,... | |
 | Books - 1854 - 382 pages
...to thcir former gay but not happy life. " ' Oh that they had earlier died, Sleeping calmly side by side, Where the tyrant's power is o'er, And the fetter galls no more.' " The groat recommendation of this book is the simple, straightforward way in which the author tells... | |
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Gone, gone,—sold and gone, To the rice-swamp dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters,— Woe is me, my stolen daughters! 
