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Poetry
Chapters (123)
- Eliza Harris 0:00
- The Soul 3:10
- The Syrophenician Woman 5:16
- The Slave Mother 6:40
- Bible Defence of Slavery 8:30
- Ethiopia 9:37
- The Drunkard’s Child 11:00
- The Slave Auction 13:11
- The Revel 14:25
- That Blessed Hope 15:22
- The Dying Christian 16:20
- Report 17:14
- Advice to the Girls 18:26
- Saved by Faith 19:03
- Died of Starvation 20:57
- A Mother’s Heroism 23:05
- The Fugitive’s Wife 24:27
- The Contrast 25:46
- The Prodigal’s Return 27:43
- Eva’s Farewell 29:19
- Be Active 30:05
- Lessons of the Street 32:07
- “Gone to God” 33:53
- To the Union Savers of Cleveland 35:49
- Bury Me in a Free Land 37:52
- Moses 39:36
- Lines to Hon. Thaddeus Stevens 1:45:59
- An Appeal to the American People 1:47:38
- Truth 1:49:29
- Death of the Old Sea King 1:51:26
- “Let the Light Enter!” 1:53:21
- Youth in Heaven 1:54:34
- Death of Zombi 1:55:53
- Lines to Charles Sumner 1:58:07
- “Sir, We Would See Jesus” 1:59:00
- The Bride of Death 2:00:20
- Thank God for Little Children 2:01:36
- The Dying Fugitive 2:02:42
- The Freedom Bell 2:04:04
- Mary at the Feet of Christ 2:05:42
- The Mother’s Blessing 2:08:07
- Vashti 2:09:50
- The Change 2:12:48
- The Dying Mother 2:14:03
- Words for the Hour 2:15:14
- President Lincoln’s Proclamation of Freedom 2:16:57
- To a Babe Smiling in Her Sleep 2:18:38
- The Artist 2:19:51
- Jesus 2:20:52
- Fifteenth Amendment 2:21:52
- Retribution 2:23:07
- The Sin of Achan 2:24:27
- Lines to Miles O’Reiley 2:26:06
- The Little Builders 2:27:39
- The Dying Child to Her Blind Father 2:29:09
- Light in Darkness 2:30:44
- Our English Friends 2:32:15
- Aunt Chloe 2:33:18
- The Deliverance 2:36:01
- Aunt Chloe’s Politics 2:45:13
- Learning to Read 2:46:02
- Church Building 2:47:42
- The Reunion 2:48:50
- “I Thirst” 2:50:37
- The Dying Queen 2:52:00
- The Tennessee Hero 2:53:20
- Free Labor 2:55:37
- Lines 2:56:55
- The Dismissal of Tyng 2:59:17
- The Slave Mother 3:00:39
- Rizpah, the Daughter of Ai 3:03:45
- Ruth and Naomi 3:05:56
- The Jewish Grandfather’s Story 3:08:16
- Out in the Cold 3:16:03
- Save the Boys 3:17:32
- Nothing and Something 3:19:08
- Wanderer’s Return 3:21:57
- “Fishers of Men” 3:23:53
- Signing the Pledge 3:26:15
- 25th Anniversary of the “Old Folks’ Home” 3:29:07
- A Fairer Hope, a Brighter Morn 3:32:11
- The Martyr of Alabama 3:36:40
- The Night of Death 3:40:54
- Mother’s Treasures 3:43:43
- The Refiner’s Gold 3:45:15
- A Story of the Rebellion 3:46:58
- Burial of Sarah 3:48:52
- Going East 3:50:33
- The Hermit’s Sacrifice 3:52:53
- Songs for the People 3:56:15
- An Appeal to My Countrywomen 3:57:35
- Then and Now 4:00:32
- Maceo 4:06:30
- My Mother’s Kiss 4:09:19
- A Grain of Sand 4:11:05
- The Crocuses 4:12:34
- The Present Age 4:13:54
- Dedication Poem 4:17:08
- A Double Standard 4:19:44
- Our Hero 4:22:04
- The Dying Bondman 4:24:25
- “A Little Child Shall Lead Them” 4:26:04
- The Sparrow’s Fall 4:28:00
- God Bless Our Native Land 4:29:28
- Dandelions 4:30:06
- The Building 4:31:18
- Home, Sweet Home 4:32:25
- The Pure in Heart Shall See God 4:34:24
- He “Had Not Where to Lay His Head” 4:35:47
- Go Work in My Vineyard 4:36:58
- Renewal of Strength 4:39:00
- Jamie’s Puzzle 4:39:43
- The Lost Bells 4:41:33
- “Do Not Cheer, Men Are Dying,” Said Capt. Phillips, in the Spanish-American War 4:44:29
- The Burdens of All 4:46:29
- Behold the Lilies! 4:48:00
- The Ragged Stocking 4:49:14
- The Fatal Pledge 4:52:23
- Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem 4:54:10
- The Resurrection of Jesus 4:55:33
- Simon’s Countrymen 4:58:55
- Deliverance 5:01:56
- Simon’s Feast 5:04:53
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Born a free woman of color in Baltimore in 1825, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an abolitionist poet active in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As a traveling lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society, Harper agitated for the emancipation of enslaved people before the American Civil War and afterwards worked in the South as a teacher during Reconstruction. The contents of many of her poems, like “Bury Me in a Free Land,” reflect her advocacy of abolition. Other prominent themes that appear in Harper’s work, especially in later periods of her career, include retellings of Biblical narratives and the temperance movement.