Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving with Other Ballads and Poems by Horatio Alger
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A temple of Freedom shall rise instead,
On the desecrated site: And within its shelter alike shall stand The black man and the white. OUT OF EGYPT. To Egypt's king, who ruled beside The reedy river's flow, Came God's command, "Release, O king, And let my people go." The king's proud heart grew hard apace; He marked the suppliant throng, And said, "Nay, they must here abide; The weak must serve the strong." Straightway the Lord stretched forth his hand, And every stream ran blood; The river swept towards the sea-- A full ensanguined flood. The haughty king beheld the land, By plagues afflicted sore, But, as God's wonders multiplied, Hardened his heart the more; |
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