I am an Abolitionist! <br />I glory in the name: <br />Though now by Slavery’s minions hiss’d <br />And covered o’er with shame, <br />It is a spell of light and power — <br />The watchword of the free : —— <br />Who spurns it in the trial-hour, <br />A craven soul is he ! <br /> <br /> <br />I am an Abolitionist! <br />Then urge me not to pause; <br />For joyfully do I enlist <br />In Freedom’s sacred cause: <br />A nobler strife the world ne’er saw, <br />Th’ enslaved to disenthral; <br />I am a soldier for the war, <br />Whatever may befall! <br /> <br /> <br />I am an Abolitionist! <br />Oppression’s deadly foe; <br />In God’s great strength will I resist, <br />And lay the monster low; <br />In God’s great name do I demand, <br />To all be freedom given, <br />That peace and joy may fill the land, <br />And songs go up to heaven! <br /> <br /> <br />I am an Abolitionist! <br />No threats shall awe my soul, <br />No perils cause me to desist, <br />No bribes my acts control; <br />A freeman will I live and die, <br />In sunshine and in shade, <br />And raise my voice for liberty, <br />Of nought on earth afraid.<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-an-abolitionist/
