Julia Ward Howe was an American poet and author. She is best known for ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ She was an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist. Her work is often tied to women’s suffrage. Her first book was published anonymously and included personal poems.
‘A Thought for Washing Day’ elevates a routine household task into a meditation on family, love, and the rhythms of daily life.
The clothes-line is a Rosary
Of household help and care;
Each little saint the Mother loves
Is represented there.
‘Battle-Hymn of the Republic’ was published in the 1862 issue of “The Atlantic Monthly”. Howe wrote this song as a proclamation of resistance towards those who were wicked and inhumane.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fatal lightning of his terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
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