by John Harris Musing, by a mossy fountain, In the blossom month of May, Saw I coming down a mountain An old man whose locks were grey; And the flowery valleys echoed, As he sang his earnest lay. “Prayer is heard, the chain is riven, Shout it over land and sea; Slavery from earth isContinue reading “The Fall of Slavery”
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A Calvinist in Love
by Jack Clemo I will not kiss you, country fashion, By hedgesides where Weasel and hare Claim kinship with our passion. I care no more for fickle moonlight: Would rather see Your face touch me Under a claywork dune-light. I want no scent or softness round us When we embrace; We could not trace ThereinContinue reading “A Calvinist in Love”