George Moses Horton Quotes & Sayings

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'Tis grief to go, but death to stay
Farewell
I'm gone with love away. — George Moses Horton

Oh! that my soul had winged its flight,
When first I saw the morning light,
To worlds of liberty! — George Moses Horton

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power employ,
Impatient to depart. — George Moses Horton