George Moses Horton Quotes

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Creation fires my tongue!
Nature thy anthems raise;
And spread the universal song
Of thy Creator's praise!

George Moses Horton

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power employ,
Impatient to depart.

George Moses Horton

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'Tis grief to go, but death to stay
Farewell -- I'm gone with love away.

George Moses Horton

Alas! how quick it is the case,
The scion of youth is grown—
How soon it runs its morning race,
And beauty's sun goes down.

George Moses Horton

Oh! that my soul had winged its flight,
When first I saw the morning light,
To worlds of liberty!

George Moses Horton

Love which can ransom every slave,
And set the pris'ner free;
Gild the dark horrors of the grave.
And still the raging sea.

George Moses Horton

Something still my heart surveys,
Groping through this dreary maze;
Is it Hope?—then burn and blaze
Forever!

George Moses Horton

Alas! Am I born for this,
To wear this slavish chain?
Deprived of all created bliss,
Through hardship, toil and pain!

George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton

Born: 1779

Died: 1883 (aged 104)

Bio: George Moses Horton was an African-American poet and the first African American poet to be published in the Southern United States. His book was published in 1828 while he was still enslaved; he remained enslaved until he was emancipated late in the Civil War.

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