| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 123. Wendell Phillips |
| | | By Amos Bronson Alcott |
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| PEOPLE’S ATTORNEY, servant of the Right! | |
| Pleader for all shades of the solar ray, | |
| Complexions dusky, yellow, red, or white; | |
| Who, in thy country’s and thy time’s despite, | |
| Hast only questioned, What will Duty say? | 5 |
| And followed swiftly in her narrow way: | |
| Tipped is thy tongue with golden eloquence, | |
| All honeyed accents fall from off thy lips,— | |
| Each eager listener his full measure sips, | |
| Yet runs to waste the sparkling opulence,— | 10 |
| The scorn of bigots, and the worldling’s flout. | |
| If Time long held thy merit in suspense, | |
| Hastening repentant now, with pen devout, | |
| Impartial History dare not leave thee out. | |
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