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Literary
June 26, 1830
New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Poem by Mrs. Hemans, a Moorish gathering song calling people from cities, gardens, and Alhambra to the hills and rocks for freedom, escaping chains, silence, fear, and bondage.
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THE MOORISH GATHERING-SONG.
BY MRS HEMANS.
Chains in the cities! gloom in the air!
Come to the hills! fresh breezes are there:
Silence and fear in the rich orange bowers:
Come to the rocks, where Freedom hath towers!
Come from the Darro! changed is its tone;
Come where the streams no bondage have known!
Wildly and proudly, foaming, they leap,
Singing of Freedom from steep to steep!
Come from Alhambra! garden and grove
Now may not shelter beauty or love;
Blood on the waters! death 'midst the flowers!
Only the rock and the spear are ours.
BY MRS HEMANS.
Chains in the cities! gloom in the air!
Come to the hills! fresh breezes are there:
Silence and fear in the rich orange bowers:
Come to the rocks, where Freedom hath towers!
Come from the Darro! changed is its tone;
Come where the streams no bondage have known!
Wildly and proudly, foaming, they leap,
Singing of Freedom from steep to steep!
Come from Alhambra! garden and grove
Now may not shelter beauty or love;
Blood on the waters! death 'midst the flowers!
Only the rock and the spear are ours.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Liberty Freedom
Political
What keywords are associated?
Moorish Gathering
Freedom Call
Alhambra
Darro
Oppression
Hemans Poem
What entities or persons were involved?
By Mrs Hemans.
Literary Details
Title
The Moorish Gathering Song.
Author
By Mrs Hemans.
Key Lines
Chains In The Cities! Gloom In The Air!
Come To The Hills! Fresh Breezes Are There:
Come From Alhambra! Garden And Grove
Now May Not Shelter Beauty Or Love;
Only The Rock And The Spear Are Ours.