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Title: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar [ More Titles by Dunbar]
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 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. 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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