Oration on Charles Sumner, Addressed to Colored People

"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: Write! Blessed are the dead which die In the Lord! That they may rest from their labors, And their works Do follow them."--REV....

When The weary day Lays down her tired head Upon the dreamy pillow of the past, Closing the silent gates of night On her departing foot-falls! Throwing back upon our thrilling s...