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.

Heard you that shriek? It rose So wildly on the air, It seemed as if a burden'd heart Was breaking in despair.

Heard you that shriek? It rose So wildly on the air, It seemed as if a burden'd heart Was breaking in despair.

Heard you that shriek? It rose So wildly on the air, It seemed as if a burden'd heart Was breaking in despair.