Julia Ward Howe Soul Poems
- 1. The Bee's Song
Do not tie my wings,
Says the honey-bee;
Do not bind my wings,
Leave them glad and free.
... - 2. Mother Mind
I never made a poem, dear friend-
I never sat me down, and said,
This cunning brain and patient hand
Shall fashion something to be read.
... - 3. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
. Howe's Final version
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fatal lightning of his terrible swift sword:
... - 4. My Last Dance
The shell of objects inwardly consumed
Will stand, till some convulsive wind awakes;
Such sense hath Fire to waste the heart of things,
Nature, such love to hold the form she makes.
... - 5. Tribute To Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thou metamorphic god!
Who mak'st the straight Olympus thy abode,
Hermes to subtle laughter moving,
Apollo with serener loving,
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Howard Eugene Bohrn: I have in my possession an original newspaper clipping entitled, "Mrs. Howe's Lincoln Poem."'
It goes on to say, "At the Lincoln meeting in Boston's Symphony Hall Friday Mrs. Julia Ward Howe contributed a poem which dispatch says she recited "in a strong and firm voice." Mrs. Howe is now in her ninetieth yearl "
