# Poetry — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Poetry by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

- [Eliza Harris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/eliza-harris.md): A mother flees with her child across a frozen river, driven by desperate love and the terror of slavery. She risks death to reach a free shore, where she is sheltered by abolitionists. The poem condemns America's hypocri
- [The Soul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-soul.md): This chapter is a poetic meditation on the immeasurable worth of the human soul. It argues that no earthly wealth, fame, or joy can outweigh the value of a deathless soul, and that all material treasures are lighter than
- [The Syrophenician Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-syrophenician-woman.md): A Syrophenician woman, desperate to save her suffering child, approaches Jesus with faith and persistence. Despite being initially ignored and told that his mission is only for Israel, she humbly pleads for even the crum
- [The Slave Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-slave-mother.md): A mother's anguished cry and desperate embrace as her child is torn from her arms, illustrating the brutal separation of families under slavery.
- [Bible Defence of Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/bible-defence-of-slavery.md): The chapter condemns religious leaders who use the Bible to justify slavery, accusing them of perverting truth and insulting God by defending the cruel institution.

> 128 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=poetry_7_se_1297kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Ethiopia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/ethiopia.md)
- [The Drunkard’s Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-drunkard-s-child.md)
- [The Slave Auction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-slave-auction.md)
- [The Revel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-revel.md)
- [That Blessed Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/that-blessed-hope.md)
- [The Dying Christian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dying-christian.md)
- [Report](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/report.md)
- [Advice to the Girls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/advice-to-the-girls.md)
- [Saved by Faith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/saved-by-faith.md)
- [Died of Starvation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/died-of-starvation.md)
- [A Mother's Heroism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/a-mother-s-heroism.md)
- [The Fugitive's Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-fugitive-s-wife.md)
- [The Contrast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-contrast.md)
- [The Prodigal's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-prodigal-s-return.md)
- [Eva's Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/eva-s-farewell.md)
- [Be Active](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/be-active.md)
- [Lessons of the Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/lessons-of-the-street.md)
- [Gone to God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/gone-to-god.md)
- [To the Union Savers of Cleveland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/to-the-union-savers-of-cleveland.md)
- [Bury Me in a Free Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/bury-me-in-a-free-land.md)
- [Moses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/moses.md)
- [The Parting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/i-the-parting.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Flight Into Midian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/iii-flight-into-midian.md)
- [The Burning Bush and the Commission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [The Death of Moses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/ix-the-death-of-moses.md)
- [Lines to Hon. Thaddeus Stevens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/lines-to-hon-thaddeus-stevens.md)
- [An Appeal to the American People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/an-appeal-to-the-american-people.md)
- [Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/truth.md)
- [Death of the Old Sea King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/death-of-the-old-sea-king.md)
- [Let the Light Enter!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/let-the-light-enter.md)
- [Youth in Heaven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/youth-in-heaven.md)
- [Death of Zombi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/death-of-zombi.md)
- [Lines to Charles Sumner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/lines-to-charles-sumner.md)
- [Sir, We Would See Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/sir-we-would-see-jesus.md)
- [The Bride of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-bride-of-death.md)
- [Thank God for Little Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/thank-god-for-little-children.md)
- [The Dying Fugitive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dying-fugitive.md)
- [The Freedom Bell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-freedom-bell.md)
- [Mary at the Feet of Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/mary-at-the-feet-of-christ.md)
- [The Mother’s Blessing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-mother-s-blessing.md)
- [Vashti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/vashti.md)
- [The Change](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-change.md)
- [The Dying Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dying-mother.md)
- [Words for the Hour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/words-for-the-hour.md)
- [President Lincoln’s Proclamation of Freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/president-lincoln-s-proclamation-of-freedom.md)
- [To a Babe Smiling in Her Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/to-a-babe-smiling-in-her-sleep.md)
- [The Artist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-artist.md)
- [Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/jesus.md)
- [Fifteenth Amendment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/fifteenth-amendment.md)
- [Retribution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/retribution.md)
- [The Sin of Achan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-sin-of-achan.md)
- [Lines to Miles O’Reiley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/lines-to-miles-o-reiley.md)
- [The Little Builders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-little-builders.md)
- [The Dying Child to Her Blind Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dying-child-to-her-blind-father.md)
- [Light in Darkness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/light-in-darkness.md)
- [Our English Friends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/our-english-friends.md)
- [Aunt Chloe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/aunt-chloe.md)
- [The Deliverance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-deliverance.md)
- [Aunt Chloe's Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/aunt-chloe-s-politics.md)
- [Learning to Read](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/learning-to-read.md)
- [Church Building](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/church-building.md)
- [The Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-reunion.md)
- [I Thirst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/i-thirst.md)
- [The Dying Queen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dying-queen.md)
- [The Tennessee Hero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-tennessee-hero.md)
- [Free Labor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/free-labor.md)
- [Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/lines.md)
- [The Dismissal of Tyng](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dismissal-of-tyng.md)
- [The Slave Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-slave-mother.md)
- [Rizpah, the Daughter of Ai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/rizpah-the-daughter-of-ai.md)
- [Ruth and Naomi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/ruth-and-naomi.md)
- [The Jewish Grandfather’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-jewish-grandfather-s-story.md)
- [Out in the Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/out-in-the-cold.md)
- [Save the Boys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/save-the-boys.md)
- [Nothing and Something](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/nothing-and-something.md)
- [Wanderer's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/wanderer-s-return.md)
- [Fishers of Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/fishers-of-men.md)
- [Signing the Pledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/signing-the-pledge.md)
- [25th Anniversary of the “Old Folks’ Home”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/25th-anniversary-of-the-old-folks-home.md)
- [A Fairer Hope, a Brighter Morn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/a-fairer-hope-a-brighter-morn.md)
- [The Martyr of Alabama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-martyr-of-alabama.md)
- [The Night of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-night-of-death.md)
- [Mother’s Treasures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/mother-s-treasures.md)
- [The Refiner's Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-refiner-s-gold.md)
- [A Story of the Rebellion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/a-story-of-the-rebellion.md)
- [Burial of Sarah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/burial-of-sarah.md)
- [Going East](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/going-east.md)
- [The Hermit's Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-hermit-s-sacrifice.md)
- [Songs for the People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/songs-for-the-people.md)
- [An Appeal to My Countrywomen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/an-appeal-to-my-countrywomen.md)
- [Then and Now](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/then-and-now.md)
- [Maceo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/maceo.md)
- [My Mother's Kiss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/my-mother-s-kiss.md)
- [A Grain of Sand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/a-grain-of-sand.md)
- [The Crocuses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-crocuses.md)
- [The Present Age](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-present-age.md)
- [Dedication Poem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/dedication-poem.md)
- [A Double Standard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/a-double-standard.md)
- [Our Hero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/our-hero.md)
- [The Dying Bondman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-dying-bondman.md)
- [A Little Child Shall Lead Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/a-little-child-shall-lead-them.md)
- [The Sparrow's Fall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-sparrow-s-fall.md)
- [God Bless Our Native Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/god-bless-our-native-land.md)
- [Dandelions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/dandelions.md)
- [The Building](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-building.md)
- [Home, Sweet Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/home-sweet-home.md)
- [The Pure in Heart Shall See God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-pure-in-heart-shall-see-god.md)
- [He “Had Not Where to Lay His Head”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/he-had-not-where-to-lay-his-head.md)
- [Go Work in My Vineyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/go-work-in-my-vineyard.md)
- [Renewal of Strength](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/renewal-of-strength.md)
- [Jamie's Puzzle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/jamie-s-puzzle.md)
- [The Lost Bells](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-lost-bells.md)
- [“Do Not Cheer, Men Are Dying,” Said Capt. Phillips, in the Spanish-American War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/do-not-cheer-men-are-dying-said-capt-phillips-in-the-spanish-american-war.md)
- [The Burdens of All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-burdens-of-all.md)
- [Behold the Lilies!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/behold-the-lilies.md)
- [The Ragged Stocking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-ragged-stocking.md)
- [The Fatal Pledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-fatal-pledge.md)
- [Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/christ-s-entry-into-jerusalem.md)
- [The Resurrection of Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-resurrection-of-jesus.md)
- [Simon's Countrymen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/simon-s-countrymen.md)
- [Deliverance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/deliverance.md)
- [Simon's Feast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/simon-s-feast.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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