Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VII. Descriptive: Narrative. 1904. | | | | Descriptive Poems: I. Personal: Great Writers | | Harriet Beecher Stowe | | Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) |
| | | SHE told the story, and the whole world wept | |
| At wrongs and cruelties it had not known | |
| But for this fearless woman’s voice alone. | |
| She spoke to consciences that long had slept: | |
| Her message. Freedom’s clear reveille, swept | 5 |
| From heedless hovel to complacent throne. | |
| Command and prophecy were in the tone, | |
| And from its sheath the sword of justice leapt. | |
| Around two peoples swelled a fiery wave, | |
| But both came forth transfigured from the flame. | 10 |
| Blest be the hand that dared be strong to save, | |
| And blest be she who in our weakness came— | |
| Prophet and priestess! At one stroke she gave | |
| A race to freedom and herself to fame. | | | | |
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