The peripatetic or, Sketches of the heart, of nature and society; In a series of politico-sentimental journals, in verse and prose, of the eccentric excursions of Sylvanus Theophrastus; Supposed to be written by himself [by John Thelwall] |
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Ode to the American Republic.
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Ode to the American Republic.
Yes, child of Britain! soul of flame!
Whose energetic valour rose
Triumphant o'er Oppression's woes
To unknown heights of Freedom's aweful fame!
Whose energetic valour rose
Triumphant o'er Oppression's woes
To unknown heights of Freedom's aweful fame!
Yes, thou, who first the brazen yoke
Of loath'd distinctions, false! and vain!
And Privilege's tyrant chain,
By Wisdom's voice inspir'd, indignant broke!
Of loath'd distinctions, false! and vain!
And Privilege's tyrant chain,
By Wisdom's voice inspir'd, indignant broke!
Thou, thou to Britain's parent clime
(That made thee, by oppression, free)
Shalt waft the gallant thought sublime
That pants for genuine liberty!
(That made thee, by oppression, free)
Shalt waft the gallant thought sublime
That pants for genuine liberty!
Tho' reverend Error's slow disease
Her age's doating vitals freeze,
Yet thou shalt send the healing balm
Which (like Medea's boasted charm)
The enfeebling ill shall soon dismiss,
And renovate Britannia's bliss.
Her age's doating vitals freeze,
Yet thou shalt send the healing balm
Which (like Medea's boasted charm)
The enfeebling ill shall soon dismiss,
And renovate Britannia's bliss.
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