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! that my soul had winged its flight,
  When first I saw the morning light,
  To worlds of liberty!

  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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