George Moses Horton
Who is George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton (1798–after 1867), "the Black bard of North Carolina", was an African-American poet from North Carolina who was enslaved. His first collection, The Hope of Liberty (1829), was intended to earn enough to purchase his freedom, but failed to do so. He did not become free until 1865, when Union troops and the Emancipation Proclamation reached North Carolina.
Horton is author of the first book of literature published in North Carolina. Phillis Wheatley published in London during the colonial period after Boston publishers turned her down. But Horton is the first African-American author to be published after the United States gained independence.
Biography
Horton was born into slavery on William Horton's plantation in 1798 in Northampton C...
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George Moses Horton Poems
- On The Poetic Muse
Far, far above this world I soar,
And almost nature lose,
Aerial regions to explore,
With this ambitious Muse.
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- Early Affeection
I loved thee from the earliest dawn,
When first I saw thy beauty's ray;
And will until life's eve comes on,
And beauty's blossom fades away;
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- Troubled With The Itch, And Rubbing Sulfur
'Tis bitter, yet 'tis sweet,
Scratching effects but transient ease;
Pleasure and pain together meet,
And vanish as they please.
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- Death Of Gen. Jackson - An Eulogy
Hark! from the mighty Hero's tomb,
I hear a voice proclaim!
A sound which fills the world with gloom,
But magnifies his name.
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- The Retreat From Moscow
Sad Moscow, thy fate do I see,
Fire! fire! in the city all cry;
Like quails from the eagle all flee,
Escape in a moment or die.
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oh! that my soul had winged its flight,
when first i saw the morning light,
to worlds of liberty!
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