Poem by John Pierpont

The Ballot

A weapon that comes down as still  
 As snowflakes fall upon the sod;  
But executes a freeman’s will,  
 As lightning does the will of God.

1. Evening Prayer for a Child
2. Death of Charles Follen
3. The Temperance Crew
4. Unchain the Laborer
5. Temperance Song

Ella Wilcox The Ballot ("So you are through with it")

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