Poems by George Moses HortonFrom The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry, edited by Joan Sherman. Copyright 1997, The University of North Carolina Press. Reproduction in any form is prohibited without the express permission of the Press. For additional information about this book, see the links below.
to Her Lord in the Vessel on the Sea
Master, we perish if thou sleep,
He rose, he ran, and looking out,
Dost thou not know that thou art mine,
My smile is but the death of harm,
ca. 1820s; quoted by Horton in his autobiography,
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