Blown up with painful care, and hard to light, A glimmering torch, blown in a moment out; Suspended by a webb, an angler's bait, Floating at stake along the stream of chance, Snatch'd from its hook by the fish of poverty. A silent cavern is his last abode; The king's repository, veil'd with gloom, The umbrage of a thousand oziers; bowed, The couch of hallowed bones, the slave's asylum, The brave's retreat, and end of ev'ry care.
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American |
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n.p. |
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$16.95 |
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64 |
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(Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints)
George Moses Horton was a black man who lived in slavery in Chatham County from 1800 to 1865. He learned to read and write when it was against the law. With the help of a professor’s wife at UNC, he published two books of poems. He sold love poems to college students at a farmers market in Chapel Hill.Horton was never able to purchase his freedom. In 1865 he left Chatham County with Union soldiers and went north to freedom. He published a third book, Naked Genius, while living in Raleigh. He ended his days in Philadelphia.
In April 1865 Horton marched for three months with a Michigan Calvalry Unit. At the time he was 68 years old
