George Moses Horton Quotes

• I leave my parents here behind
  And all my friends to love resigned
  'Tis grief to go, but death to stay
  Farewell -- I'm gone with love away.

  George Moses Horton

  Farewell, Grief, Parent

  George Moses Horton (1973). “The Hope of Liberty: Containing a Number of Poetical Pieces”

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• ¡Oh! que mi alma hubiera alzado el vuelo,
  cuando vi por primera vez la luz de la mañana,
  ¡A mundos de libertad!

  George Moses Horton

  Morning, Light, Soul

  George Moses Horton (1997). “The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry”, p.56, Univ of North Carolina Press

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• My genius from a boy
  Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
  But could not thus confined her power employ,
  Impatient to depart.

  George Moses Horton

  Heart, Boys, Bird

  George Moses Horton (1997). “The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry”, p.121, Univ of North Carolina Press

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