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New Hampshire

By John Greenleaf Whittier

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"God bless New Hampshire! from her granite peaks     Once more the voice of Stark and Langdon speaks.     The long-bound vassal of the exulting South     For very shame her self-forged chain has broken;     Turn the black seal of slavery from her mouth,     And in the clear tones of her old time spoken!     Oh, all undreamed-of, all unhoped for changes!     The tyrants's ally proves his sternest foe;     To all his biddings, from her mountain ranges,     New Hampshire thunders an indignant No!     Who is it now despairs? Oh, faint of heart,     Look upward to those Northern mountain cold,     Flouted by Freedom's victor-flag unrolled     And gather strength to bear a manlier part!     All is not lost. The angel of God's blessing     Encamps with Freedom on the field of fight;     Still to her banner, day by day, are pressing,     Unlooked-for allies, striking for the right!     Courage, then, Northern hearts! Be firm, be true:     What one brave State hath done, can ye not also do

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About John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) was an American Quaker poet and abolitionist whose poems—including "Snow-Bound" and "Barbara Frietchie"—celebrate New England life and moral courage. He was one of the Fireside Poets and a leading voice against slavery.

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