George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton, Myself

I feel myself in need
    Of the inspiring strains of ancient lore,
My heart to lift, my empty mind to feed,
    And all the world explore.
 
I know that I am old
    And never can recover what is past,
But for the future may some light unfold
    And soar from ages blast.
 
I feel resolved to try,
    My wish to prove, my calling to pursue,
Or mount up from the earth into the sky,
    To show what Heaven can do.
 
My genius from a boy,
    Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her powers employ,
    Impatient to depart.
 
She like a restless bird,
    Would spread her wing, her power to be unfurl’d,
And let her songs be loudly heard,
    And dart from world to world.
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