THE WAY.
Believe me still, as I have ever been,The steadfast lover of my fellow men;My weakness,—love of holy Liberty!My crime,—the wish that all mankind were free!Free, not by blood; redeemed, but not by crime;Each fetter broken, but in God’s good time!
Believe me still, as I have ever been,The steadfast lover of my fellow men;My weakness,—love of holy Liberty!My crime,—the wish that all mankind were free!Free, not by blood; redeemed, but not by crime;Each fetter broken, but in God’s good time!
Believe me still, as I have ever been,The steadfast lover of my fellow men;My weakness,—love of holy Liberty!My crime,—the wish that all mankind were free!Free, not by blood; redeemed, but not by crime;Each fetter broken, but in God’s good time!
Believe me still, as I have ever been,
The steadfast lover of my fellow men;
My weakness,—love of holy Liberty!
My crime,—the wish that all mankind were free!
Free, not by blood; redeemed, but not by crime;
Each fetter broken, but in God’s good time!
John G. Whittier
Amesbury, 10thMO.16, 1852.
Amesbury, 10thMO.16, 1852.
Amesbury, 10thMO.16, 1852.
Amesbury, 10thMO.16, 1852.