  Who said that there were slaves? There may be men In bondage, bought or sold: there are no slaves Whilst God looks down, whilst Christ's most pure blood laves The black man's sins; whilst within angel ken He bears his load and drags his iron chain. The slaves are they whom, on His Judgment Day, God shall renounce for aye and cast away. Oh, Jesus Christ! Thou wilt give justice then! A drop of blood shall seem a swelling sea, More piercing than a cry the lowest moan. Come down, ye mountains! in your gloom come down, And bury deep the sinner's agony! Master and slave have past; Time, thou art gone: Eternity begins—Christ rules alone! Julia Kavanagh. |
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