[Gutenberg 44398] • Poems on Slavery

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Vol. 1 of 6: Voices of the Night; Poems on Slavery; The Belfry of Bruges; Etc

Beneath some patriarchal tree I lay upon the ground; His hoary arms uplifted he And all the broad leaves over me Clapped their little hands in glee With one continuous sound; A slumberous sound, a sound that The feelings of a dream, As of innumerable wings As, when a bell no longer swings, Faint the hollow murmur rings O'er meadow, lake, and stream.

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