[Illustration: (signature) H. H. Greenough] Let all be Free. Unbounded in thy expanse--far reaching From shore to shore--ever beautiful Are thy crystal waters--O sea. Beautiful--when thy waves, the white pebbles lave, When the weary sea-birds sleep, upon the bosom of the deep. But when thy storm-pressed billows burst, The grasp which man would "lay upon thy mane," Then do I most love thee, sea, Thou emblem of the _Free_. When above me beam the stars, How beautiful in their infinitude of light, O'er the blue heavens spread, like gems Upon the brow of youth! Far, far away, beyond the paths of day, More glorious yet, as suns which never set, In darkness never! but shining forever! You are more loved by me-- Ye emblems of the _Free_. All earth of the beautiful is full. Beautiful the streams which leave the rural vales, Fringed with scarlet berries and leafy green! O world of colors infinite, and lines of ever-varying grace, How by sea and shore art thou ever beautiful! But the torrent rushing by, and the eagle in the sky, The Alpine heights of snow where man does never go, More lovely are to me, For they are _Free_. Beautiful is man, and yet more beautiful Woman: coupled by bare circumstance Of place or gold, still beautiful. But this must fade! Only the soul, grows never old: They most agree, who most are free: Liberty is the food of love! The heavens, the earth, man's heart, and sea, Forever cry, _let all be Free_! [Illustration: (signature) C. M. Clay.] KENTUCKY, 1853. [Illustration: Frederick Douglass (Engraved by J. C. Buttre)] _To the Editor of the "Autographs for Freedom."_ DEAR MADAM,-- If the enclosed paragraph from a speech of mine delivered in May last, at the anniversary meeting of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, shall be deemed suited to the pages of the forthcoming annual, please accept it as my contribution. With great respect, [Illustration: (signature) Frederick Douglass] ROCHESTER, November, 1853. Extract.