BOSTON HYMN. 253 BOSTON HYMN. BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON. THE word of the Lord by night As they sat by the sea-side, God said, I am tired of Kings, Up to my ear the morning brings A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great and tyrants small My angel, his name is Freedom, Lo! I uncover the land Which I hid of old time in the West, 254 BOSTON HYMN. I show Columbia, of the rocks I will divide my goods; I will have never a noble, Go, cut down trees in the forest, Cut down trees in the forest, Call the people together, And here in a pine State-house BOSTON HYMN. In every needful faculty, In church and state and school. Lo, now! if these poor men Can govern the land and sea, " And make just laws below the sun, And ye shall succor men; Help them who cannot help again ; I break your bonds and masterships, Free be his heart and hand henceforth, I cause from every creature So much as he is and doeth, But, laying his hands on another 255 256 BOSTON HYMN. Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim! Who is the owner? The slave is owner, O North! give him beauty for rags, Come East and West and North, By races, as snow-flakes, And carry My purpose forth, Which neither halts nor shakes. My will fulfilled shall be, TO MY CHILDREN. 257 TO MY CHILDREN. BY A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY. DARLINGS-I am weary pining : Shadows fall across my way; I can hardly see the lining. I am weary of the sighing; Moaning wailing through the air; I am weary of the fighting: Brothers, red with brother's gore. I am pining, dearest, pining, For - your dear arms round me twining; For your soft eyes on me shining; For your lov'd words; darlings - speak! |