One of this man's poems has a speaker who listens to the "Vala-song of liberty." That poem contains the "Song of the Negro Boatmen" and is entitled "At Port Royal 1861." Another of his poems describes the creation of a sacred Vedic drink and inspired the hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." This 
One of this man's poems has a speaker who listens to the "Vala-song of liberty." That poem contains the "Song of the Negro Boatmen" and is entitled "At Port Royal 1861." Another of his poems describes the creation of a sacred Vedic drink and inspired the hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." This author of The Brewing of Soma wrote a poem whose titular character waves a Union flag at Stonewall Jackson and says "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head." This man wrote a long narrative poem which sees a New England family tell stories around a "homestead hearth" during a winter storm. For 10 points, name this American "Fireside Poet" who wrote Barbara Fritchie and Snow-Bound.
One of this man's poems has a speaker who listens to the "Vala-song of liberty.
John Greenleaf {Whittier}