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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397002" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On Hearing Of The Intention Of A Gentleman To Purchase The Poet's Freedom</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When on life's ocean first I spread my sail,<br>I then implored a mild auspicious gale;<br>And from the slippery strand I took my flight,<br>And sought the peaceful haven of delight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Tyrannic storms arose upon my soul,<br>And dreadful did their mad'ning thunders roll;<br>The pensive muse was shaken from her sphere,<br>And hope, it vanish'd in the clouds of fear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>At length a golden sun broke thro' the gloom,<br>And from his smiles arose a sweet perfume--<br>A calm ensued, and birds began to sing,<br>And lo! the sacred muse resumed her wing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>With frantic joy she chaunted as she flew,<br>And kiss'd the clement hand that bore her thro'<br>Her envious foes did from her sight retreat,<br>Or prostrate fall beneath her burning feet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Twas like a proselyte, allied to Heaven--<br>Or rising spirits' boast of sins forgiven,<br>Whose shout dissolves the adamant away<br>Whose melting voice the stubborn rocks obey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Twas like the salutation of the dove,<br>Borne on the zephyr thro' some lonesome grove,<br>When Spring returns, and Winter's chill is past,<br>And vegetation smiles above the blast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Twas like the evening of a nuptial pair,<br>When love pervades the hour of sad despair--<br>'Twas like fair Helen's sweet return to Troy,<br>When every Grecian bosom swell'd with joy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The silent harp which on the osiers hung,<br>Was then attuned, and manumission sung:<br>Away by hope the clouds of fear were driven,<br>And music breathed my gratitude to heaven.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Hard was the race to reach the distant goal,<br>The needle oft was shaken from the pole;<br>In such distress, who could forbear to weep?<br>Toss'd by the headlong billows of the deep!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The tantalizing beams which shone so plain,<br>Which turn'd my former pleasures into pain--<br>Which falsely promised all the joys of fame,<br>Gave way, and to a more substantial flame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Some philanthropic souls as from afar,<br>With pity strove to break the slavish bar;<br>To whom my floods of gratitude shall roll,<br>And yield with pleasure to their soft control.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And sure of Providence this work begun--<br>He shod my feet this rugged race to run;<br>And in despite of all the swelling tide,<br>Along the dismal path will prove my guide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Thus on the dusky verge of deep despair,<br>Eternal Providence was with me there;<br>When pleasure seemed to fade on life's gay dawn,<br>And the last beam of hope was almost gone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Moses+Horton">George Moses Horton</a><div class=q>
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And from the slippery strand I took my flight,
And sought the peaceful haven of delight.


Tyrannic storms arose upon my soul,
And dreadful did their mad'ning thu..."></div>
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