Heard you that shriek? It rose
So wildly on the air,
It seemed as if a burden'd heart
Was breaking in despair.
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854).- The Slave Mother
Heard you that shriek? It rose
So wildly on the air,
It seemed as if a burden'd heart
Was breaking in despair.
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854).- The Slave Mother