CONTENTS

• ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS.
  • TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON9
  • TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE11
  • THE SLAVE-SHIPS19
  • FOLLEN24
  • HYMN: "O THOU, WHOSE PRESENCE WENT BEFORE"29
  • THE YANKEE GIRL30
  • THE HUNTERS OF MEN33
  • STANZAS FOR THE TIMES35
  • CLERICAL OPPRESSORS38
  • A SUMMONS40
  • TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS SHIPLEY43
  • THE MORAL WARFARE46
  • RITNER47
  • THE PASTORAL LETTER50
  • HYMN: "O HOLY FATHER! JUST AND TRUE"54
  • THE FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER56
  • PENNSYLVANIA HALL58
  • THE NEW YEAR63
  • THE RELIC64
  • THE WORLD'S CONVENTION72
  • MASSACHUSETTS TO VIRGINIA80
  • THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE86
  • THE SENTENCE OF JOHN L. BROWN89
  • TEXAS.
    • VOICE OF NEW ENGLAND94
    • TO FANEUIL HALL98
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    • TO MASSACHUSETTS100
    • NEW HAMPSHIRE101
    • THE PINE-TREE102
  • TO A SOUTHERN STATESMAN104
  • AT WASHINGTON106
  • THE BRANDED HAND111
  • THE FREED ISLANDS115
  • A LETTER117
  • LINES FROM A LETTER TO A YOUNG CLERICAL FRIEND122
  • DANIEL NEALL123
  • SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERT125
  • TO DELAWARE127
  • YORKTOWN128
  • RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE131
  • THE LOST STATESMAN135
  • THE SLAVES OF MARTINIQUE136
  • THE CURSE OF THE CHARTER-BREAKERS142
  • PÆAN146
  • THE CRISIS148
  • LINES ON THE PORTRAIT OF A CELEBRATED PUBLISHER153
  • DERNE155
  • A SABBATH SCENE159
  • IN THE EVIL DAY163
  • MOLOCH IN STATE STREET165
  • OFFICIAL PIETY168
  • THE RENDITION170
  • ARISEN AT LAST171
  • THE HASCHISH173
  • FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE175
  • THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS176
  • LETTER FROM A MISSIONARY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH, IN KANSAS, TO A DISTINGUISHED POLITICIAN178
  • BURIAL OF BARBER181
  • TO PENNSYLVANIA184
  • LE MARAIS DU CYGNE185
  • THE PASS OF THE SIERRA187
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  • SONG FOR THE TIME189
  • WHAT OF THE DAY?191
  • A SONG, INSCRIBED TO THE FRÉMONT CLUBS192
  • THE PANORAMA193
  • ON A PRAYER-BOOK210
  • THE SUMMONS213
  • TO WILLIAM H. SEWARD214
  • IN WAR TIME.
    • TO SAMUEL E. SEWALL AND HARRIET W. SEWALL216
    • THY WILL BE DONE217
    • A WORD FOR THE HOUR218
    • "EIN FESTE BURG IST UNSER GOTT"219
    • TO JOHN C. FRÉMONT222
    • THE WATCHERS223
    • TO ENGLISHMEN226
    • MITHRIDATES AT CHIOS228
    • AT PORT ROYAL230
    • ASTRÆA AT THE CAPITOL234
    • THE BATTLE AUTUMN OF 1862236
    • HYMN SUNG AT CHRISTMAS BY THE SCHOLARS OF ST. HELENA'S ISLAND, S. C.238
    • THE PROCLAMATION239
    • ANNIVERSARY POEM241
    • BARBARA FRIETCHIE245
    • WHAT THE BIRDS SAID248
    • THE MANTLE OF ST. JOHN DE MATHA250
    • LAUS DEO!254
    • HYMN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF EMANCIPATION AT NEWBURYPORT257
  • AFTER THE WAR.
    • THE PEACE AUTUMN259
    • TO THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS261
    • THE HIVE AT GETTYSBURG263
    • HOWARD AT ATLANTA264
    • THE EMANCIPATION GROUP266
    • THE JUBILEE SINGERS268
    • GARRISON269
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• SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM
  • THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME271
  • DEMOCRACY272
  • THE GALLOWS275
  • SEED-TIME AND HARVEST278
  • TO THE REFORMERS OF ENGLAND280
  • THE HUMAN SACRIFICE282
  • SONGS OF LABOR.
    • DEDICATION289
    • THE SHOEMAKERS291
    • THE FISHERMEN294
    • THE LUMBERMEN297
    • THE SHIP-BUILDERS302
    • THE DROVERS304
    • THE HUSKERS308
  • THE REFORMER314
  • THE PEACE CONVENTION AT BRUSSELS318
  • THE PRISONER FOR DEBT321
  • THE CHRISTIAN TOURISTS324
  • THE MEN OF OLD326
  • TO PIUS IX.329
  • CALEF IN BOSTON332
  • OUR STATE333
  • THE PRISONERS OF NAPLES335
  • THE PEACE OF EUROPE337
  • ASTRÆA339
  • THE DISENTHRALLED340
  • THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY342
  • THE DREAM OF PIO NONO343
  • THE VOICES345
  • THE NEW EXODUS348
  • THE CONQUEST OF FINLAND350
  • THE EVE OF ELECTION353
  • FROM PERUGIA356
  • ITALY360
  • FREEDOM IN BRAZIL361
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  • AFTER ELECTION363
  • DISARMAMENT365
  • THE PROBLEM366
  • OUR COUNTRY367
  • ON THE BIG HORN371
• NOTES375

NOTE.—The frontispiece was engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox in 1888, from a photograph taken by Southworth and Hawes, Boston, about 1855.