Vulgar words in The Works of Whittier, Volume III (of VII) - Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform (Page 1)
This book at a glance
|
~ ~ ~ Sentence 549 ~ ~ ~
A tool, to bolt the people's door Against the people clamoring there, An ass, to trample on their floor A people's right of prayer!
~ ~ ~ Sentence 1,262 ~ ~ ~
To whom shall men thyself compare, Since common models fail 'em, Save classic goose of ancient Rome, Or sacred ass of Balaam?
~ ~ ~ Sentence 1,263 ~ ~ ~
The gabble of that wakeful goose Saved Rome from sack of Brennus; The braying of the prophet's ass Betrayed the angel's menace!