HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD.
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regarded slavery. One evening, however, when I was more than usually annoyed and quite disconcerted by the observations of the people who came to see me, I found my—deliverance.
But I must give the history in the form which it has assumed in my memory.
DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS.
I was in company |
With men and women, |
And heard small talk |
Of little things, |
Of poor pursuits, |
And narrow feelings, |
And narrow views |
Of narrow minds. |
I rushed out |
To breathe more freely, |
To look on nature. |
The evening star |
Rose pure and bright, |
The western sky |
Was flushed with light, |
The crescent moon |
Shone sweetly down |
Amid the shadows |
Of the town. |
Where whispering trees |
And fragrant flowers |
Stood hushed in silent |
Fragrant bowers. |
All was romance, |
All loveliness, |
Wrapped in a trance |
Of mystic bliss. |
I looked on |
In bitterness, |
And sighed and asked, |
Why the great Lord |
Made such rich beauty |
For such a race |
Of little men? |
I was in company |
With men and women; |