. Speeches, poems, and miscellaneous writings on subjects connected with temperance and the liquor traffic . and women, too — This triumph still remains in store for you; On you humanity and duty call; Up and about it, brethren, one and all. Say, shall your own old Massachusetts be Now backward in the cause of liberty ? Who struck the first resolved, decisive blow Against the bondage of a foreign foe ? Who ever foremost stands in war and peace ? And shall the strife for independence cease Now, when the need is greater than of yore; Now, when a tyrant knocks at every door; Now, when awakened Ma
. Speeches, poems, and miscellaneous writings on subjects connected with temperance and the liquor traffic . and women, too — This triumph still remains in store for you; On you humanity and duty call; Up and about it, brethren, one and all. Say, shall your own old Massachusetts be Now backward in the cause of liberty ? Who struck the first resolved, decisive blow Against the bondage of a foreign foe ? Who ever foremost stands in war and peace ? And shall the strife for independence cease Now, when the need is greater than of yore; Now, when a tyrant knocks at every door; Now, when awakened Massachusetts stands, And holds the remedy in her own hands ? Think of your children! all thats dear in life, Combine to urge you onward to the strife. Strike ! for you owe it to your buried great; Strike ! for you owe it to your native state, To rid her soil of this supreme disgrace; You owe it to yourselves, your country, and your race Id sooner black my visage oer, And put de shine on boots and shoes, Than stand within a liquor store,And rinse the glasses drunkards use. 13*2 FUGITIVE TIECES IN FOURTEEN OCLOCK. Night oer the earth her raven wing had spread,Hens had retired, and men had gone to bed,When two spruce dandies took it in their headTo visit Sandys shop,And take a social dropOf whiskey-punch, spiced sling, or Tom and Jerry;And while with curious skillHe mixed th inspiring draught,They stories told, and laughed:Then did their glasses fill,And while they quaffed,Cracked their coarse jokes, and made themselves quitemerry. Now, gentle reader, with your kind permission,Well leave them there, and make a slight digression. A little spark alights upon the ground,And seizing on the dry leaves scattered round,Kindles at length a very pretty fire, FUGITIVE PIECES IN VERSE. 133 Which, having no respect for mans fine labors,Burns up your house, then seizes on your neighbors,While to the very heavens the flames roofs fall,For aid men call;The fire, with blaz
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