. Poetical works of James Montgomery . SONGS ON THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY. NO. I. THE RAINBOW. Sign of the passing storm, Symbol of wrath gone by,Born of the cloud and sun,—what form Of beauty tracks the sky ?From Afric to the isles of slavesThe rainbow spans th Atlantic waves. Black, white, and bond, and free,Castes and proscriptions cease ; The Negro wakes to liberty,The Negro sleeps in peace ; Read the great charter on his brow, I AM a MAN, a BROTHER UOW NO. II. THE NEGRO IS FREE. [To Moores melody of Sound the loud timbrel oer Egypts dark sea.] Blow ye the trumpet abroad oer the sea;B
. Poetical works of James Montgomery . SONGS ON THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY. NO. I. THE RAINBOW. Sign of the passing storm, Symbol of wrath gone by,Born of the cloud and sun,—what form Of beauty tracks the sky ?From Afric to the isles of slavesThe rainbow spans th Atlantic waves. Black, white, and bond, and free,Castes and proscriptions cease ; The Negro wakes to liberty,The Negro sleeps in peace ; Read the great charter on his brow, I AM a MAN, a BROTHER UOW NO. II. THE NEGRO IS FREE. [To Moores melody of Sound the loud timbrel oer Egypts dark sea.] Blow ye the trumpet abroad oer the sea;Britannia hath conquerd, the Negro is free:Sing, for the pride of the tyrant is broken, His scourges and fetters, all clotted with blood,Are wrenchd from his grasp, for the word was but spoken, And fetters and scourges were plunged in the flood:Blow ye the trumpet abroad oer the sea,Britannia hath conquerd, the Negro is free. VOL. 1. 31 361 362 SONGS ON THE ABOLITION Hail to Britannia, fair libertys isle ! Her frown quaild the tyrant
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