- ARRIVAL IN THE LAND OF FREEDOM
by: Harriet Beecher Stowe
(1811-1896)
- OOK on the travellers kneeling,
- In thankful gladness, here,
- As the boat that brought them o'er the lake,
- Goes steaming from the pier.
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- 'Tis Harry, like a girl disguised,
- His mother, like a boy,
- But the father kneels beside them,
- And their hearts are full of joy.
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- No man can buy or sell them,
- No trader chase them more,
- The land of freedom has been gained,
- The good Canadian shore.
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- And they are strangers on the soil,
- As poor as poor can be,
- But the English flag above them floats,
- They know that they are free.
"Arrival in the Land of Freedom"
is reprinted from Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company,
1853. |
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