Thou most majestic Queen of sculptural art, What learn'd architect designed thy throne? Who traced thy stately form in head and heart, And sent the sculptor forth to carve the stone?...
For the sun that shone at the dawn of spring, For the flowers which bloom and the birds that sing, For the verdant robe of the gray old earth, For her coffers filled with their countless worth,...
Flag of the free, our sable sires Have borne thee oft before Into hot battles' hell-lit fires, Against the fiercest foe. When first he shook his shaggy mein, And made the welkin ring,...
I then acted as agent for the "Zion Record," published by Rev. R. A. Adams, 39 St. Catherine Street, Natchez, Miss., until August 20, 1902. Knowing that there was a dormitory to be built for girls at Alcorn, I went there, hopin...
O, fairest Dame of sylvan glades, We come to pay thee homage due, Embrace thee softly and to kiss Thy lovely, long-forsaken cheeks; To smooth thy flowing silver locks...