JOHN BROWN died on the scaffold for the slave, Dark was the hour when we dug his hallowed grave; Now God avenges the life he gladly gave, Freedom reigns to-day! Glory, glory hallelujah, Glory, glory hallelujah, Glory, glory hallelujah, Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown sowed and the harvesters are we; Honor to him who has made the bondsman free; Loved evermore shall our noble ruler be, Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave; Bright o'er the sod let the starry banner wave; Lo! for the million he perilled all to save, Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown's body through the world is marching on; Hail to the hour when oppression shall be gone; All men will sing in the better day's dawn, Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown dwells where the battle's strife is o'er; Hate cannot harm him, nor sorrow stir him more; Earth will remember the martyrdom he bore, Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave; John Brown lives in the triumph of the brave; John Brown's soul not a higher joy can crave, Freedom reigns to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SORROW OF LOVE (1) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS POLYHYMNIA: VERSES TO LORD NORREYS, SELECTION by WILLIAM BASSE RETREATS by CARRIE ADAMS BERRY THE DEEPS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE SECOND NUN'S TALE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |