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"A ll, go I Eil^sro!"
" Charco1! ” — “ Ah, go! "— while at the sounds
The mother's heart with gladness bounds.
Then honored be the charcoal man !
Though dusky as an African,
T is not for you that clmnct to be
A little belter clad than lie,
His honest maidiood to despise,
Although. from morn til! eve lie cries,—
11 Charco ' ! charcoJ I ”
While mocking Ocbo .still replies,
" Hark, O ) hark, O I "
“ Cliarco11?l— “ Hade, O I ”■— Long may the sounds
Fro claim Mark Haley's daily rounds [
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'1 0 -D A Y A N D T O -M O R R O W .
H IG H hopes that bum like stars sublime,
Go down {.be heavens ef freedom;
Atid true hearts perish in the time
W c bit.terlicst no-d ’em [
But never sit we down and say,
“ There’s nothing left: hut sorrow
W e walk the Wilderness to-d;sy— ■
The Promised I .and to-morrow.
Our birds of songaE'e silent now;
There are no flower* blooming!
H:it life burns in the frozen boLi"'h,
A n d Freedom's spring is coining!
And Freedom's tide comes up ahvay,
Though we may strand Jn sorrow;
And our good ba:k, aground to-diiy.
Shall float again to morrow I