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The Slave Mother

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by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Heard you that shriek¹？ It rose

So wildly on the air，

It seemed as if a burden'd heart

Was breaking in despair.

Saw you those hands so sadly clasped——

The bowed and feeble head——

The shuddering² of that fragile form——

That look of grief and dread³？

Saw you the sad， imploring⁴ eye？

Its every glance was pain，

As if a storm of agony

Were sweeping⁵ through the brain.

She is a mother pale with fear，

Her boy clings to her side，

And in her kirtle vainly tries

His trembling form to hide.

He is not hers， although she bore

For him a mother's pains；

He is not hers， although her blood

Is coursing through his veins⁶！

He is not hers， for cruel hands

May rudely tear apart

The only wreath of household love

That binds⁷ her breaking heart.

His love has been a joyous⁸ light

That o'er her pathway smiled，

A fountain gushing⁹ ever new，

Amid life's desert wild.

His lightest word has been a tone

Of music round her heart，

Their lives a streamlet blent in one——

Oh， Father！ must they part？

They tear him from her circling arms，

Her last and fond embrace.

Oh！ never more may her sad eyes

Gaze on his mournful face.

No marvel¹⁰， then， these bitter shrieks¹¹

Disturb the listening air：

She is a mother， and her heart

Is breaking in despair.

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1 shriek
v./n.尖叫，叫喊
参考例句：
Suddenly he began to shriek loudly.突然他开始大声尖叫起来。 People sometimes shriek because of terror,anger,or pain.人们有时会因为恐惧，气愤或疼痛而尖叫。

2 shuddering
v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动
参考例句：
'I am afraid of it,'she answered, shuddering. “我害怕，”她发着抖，说。来自英汉文学 - 双城记 She drew a deep shuddering breath. 她不由得打了个寒噤，深深吸了口气。来自飘（部分）

3 dread
vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧
参考例句：
We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。 Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。

4 imploring
恳求的，哀求的
参考例句：
Those calm, strange eyes could see her imploring face. 那平静的，没有表情的眼睛还能看得到她的乞怜求情的面容。 She gave him an imploring look. 她以哀求的眼神看着他。

5 sweeping
adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的
参考例句：
The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。 Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

6 veins
n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理
参考例句：
The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。来自《简明英汉词典》 I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 binds
v.约束( bind的第三人称单数 )；装订；捆绑；（用长布条）缠绕
参考例句：
Frost binds the soil. 霜使土壤凝结。来自《简明英汉词典》 Stones and cement binds strongly. 石头和水泥凝固得很牢。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 joyous
adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的
参考例句：
The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。 They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

9 gushing
adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话
参考例句：
blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血 The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 marvel
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事
参考例句：
The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。 The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。

11 shrieks
n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
shrieks of fiendish laughter 恶魔般的尖笑声 For years, from newspapers, broadcasts, the stages and at meetings, we had heard nothing but grandiloquent rhetoric delivered with shouts and shrieks that deafened the ears. 多少年来，报纸上，广播里，舞台上，会场上的声嘶力竭，装腔做态的高调搞得我们震耳欲聋。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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