es, | through the | tree-tops
| flash and | glisten,
As she | stands be | -fore her | lover, | with raised | face to
| look and | listen.

Dark, but | comely, | like the | maiden | in the | ancient | Jewish
| song,
Scarcely | has the | toil of | task-fields | done her graceful | beauty
| wrong.

He, the | strong one, | and the | manly, | with the | vassal's
| garb and | hue,
Holding | still his | spirit's | birthright, | to his | higher | nature
| true;

Hiding | deep the | _strengthening_ | purpose | of a | freeman | in his
| heart,
As the | Greegree | holds his | Fetish | from the | white man's
| gaze a | -part.

Ever | foremost | of the | toilers, | when the | driver's | morning
| horn
Calls a | -way to | stifling | millhouse, | or to | fields of
| cane and | corn;

Fall the | keen and | burning | lashes | never | on his | back or
| limb;
Scarce with | look or | word of | censure, | turns the | driver | unto
| him.

Yet his | brow is | always | thoughtful, | and his | eye is | hard and
| stern;
_Slavery's_ | last and | humblest | lesson | he has | never
| deigned to | learn."

"And, at evening | when his | comrades | dance be | -fore their
| master's | door,
Folding arms and | knitting | forehead, | stands he | silent | ever
|-more.

God be | praised for | every instinct | which re | -bels a | -gainst a
| lot
Where the | brute sur |-vives the | human, | and man's | upri