Poems
Frances E. W. Harper
42 chapters · 1 h 40 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, Greg Giordano, Michele Fry, AnnaLisa Bodtker, Foon, Caitlin S. and others
Poetry
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an influential female African American poet. Her poetry often deals with themes of freedom, discrimination, hatred, and injustice. Her poetry remains relevant to this day, and is still widely read. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 My Mother's Kiss 1 min 2 A Grain of Sand 2 min 3 The Crocuses 2 min 4 The Present Age 3 min 5 Dedication Poems 3 min 6 A Double Standard 3 min 7 Our Hero 3 min 8 The Dying Bondman 2 min 9 A Little Child Shall Lead Them 2 min 10 The Sparrow's Fall 2 min 11 God Bless Our Native Land 1 min 12 Dandelions 1 min 13 The Building 1 min 14 Home, Sweet Home 1 min 15 The Pure in Heart Shall See God 2 min 16 He Had Not Where to Lay His Head 1 min 17 Go Work in My Vineyard 2 min 18 Renewal of Strength 1 min 19 Jamie's Puzzle 2 min 20 Truth 2 min 21 Death of the Old Sea King 3 min 22 Save the Boys 2 min 23 Nothing and Something 3 min 24 Vashti 2 min 25 Thank God for Little Children 2 min 26 The Martyr of Alabama 5 min 27 The Night of Death 4 min 28 Mother's Treasures 2 min 29 The Refiner's Gold 2 min 30 A Story of the Rebellion 2 min 31 Burial of Sarah 3 min 32 Going East 3 min 33 The Hermit's Sacrifice 5 min 34 Songs for the People 2 min 35 Let the Light Enter 1 min 36 An Appeal to My Country Women 3 min 37 Then and Now 6 min 38 Maceo 3 min 39 'Fishers of Men' 3 min 40 The Lost Bells 3 min 41 'Do not Cheer, Men are Dying,' Said Capt. Phillips, in the Spanish-American War 3 min 42 The Burdens of All 2 min
