The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Perish the Roman pride a world that braves,
To make for one free state all nations slaves;
Their boasted patriotism at once exprest,
Love for themselves and hate for all the rest!
Can love, whose liberal pow'rs enlarge the mind,
By local plans thus basely be confin'd?
Then be such narrow policy accurst,
Of insults keenest as of wrongs the worst!
To make for one free state all nations slaves;
Their boasted patriotism at once exprest,
Love for themselves and hate for all the rest!
Can love, whose liberal pow'rs enlarge the mind,
By local plans thus basely be confin'd?
Then be such narrow policy accurst,
Of insults keenest as of wrongs the worst!
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |