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Thy treasures of gold Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold Thy home may be lovely, but round it I hear The crack of the whip, and the footsteps of fear.

Lydia M. Child

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Lydia M. Child
Age: 78 †
Born: 1802
Born: January 1
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
Activist
Geologist
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
Heart
Slavery
Crack
Hearts
Cracks
Gold
Sold
Blood
Round
Whip
Hear
Rounds
Hast
Fear
Treasure
Whips
Home
Lovely
Treasures
May
Thou
Footsteps

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