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Show T H E M OR .NING DREAM.• BY COWPER. 'Tw .~s in the ghlll season of spring, Aslcrp, at the dawu of the day, ] drcaru'd what 1 rannol but sing, So p!e:1sant it sccm\l as 1 lay. I llrea m'cl that on ocean afloat, Far hence to the westward I sa il 'd, While the billows high lifted the boat, And the fre:;h blowing breeze nc,·cr fai l'd. ln the stecrr~gc a womau I saw- Sucll at lca;;t was the form that she wore\ Vhmc beauty imprc~s f'd me with a we, Ne'er taught ulc by woman before. She <:at, nnd a shield at her side Shed light like a sun ou the waves, And s:niling di1 in ely, she cried, '1 go to make freemen of sla1·cs. ' - Then rai sing her voice to a strain, The s wcete.;;t that ear CI'CI' hea rd, Sill• ~! m g of the s lave's IJI'okcn chain, 1Yhl'I'CI'CI' her glory appeared. ,. I u explanation of the Plate. |
