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THE USE OF LIBERTY.
With liberty simply all nations are blest,
To wander creation all over,
And toil for eternity there is their rest,
The right of all things first discover;
But learn in the ramble yourself to control,
And strictly take care of both body and soul,
For peace with our Maker and law is the whole,
The pride and the crown of a nation.
To wander creation all over,
And toil for eternity there is their rest,
The right of all things first discover;
But learn in the ramble yourself to control,
And strictly take care of both body and soul,
For peace with our Maker and law is the whole,
The pride and the crown of a nation.
But man in a nation without a true wife,
Had better continue without one,
To live in contention forever in strife,
Why should I be crazy about one?
Whoever endeavors to keep one in pain,
Your liberty thus is wound up in a chain,
For why should one ever be free to complain,
The disgust and mock of his nation?
Had better continue without one,
To live in contention forever in strife,
Why should I be crazy about one?
Whoever endeavors to keep one in pain,
Your liberty thus is wound up in a chain,
For why should one ever be free to complain,
The disgust and mock of his nation?
But freedom is not what some take it to be,
A boon which we never should trifle,
A man may be turned loose and find himself free,
To ramble the woods with his rifle,
He oft leaves behind him a hut of disgrace,
Without a rough servant to dig in his place,
He's not calculated to prowl thro' the chase,
But rather to rob his own nation.
A boon which we never should trifle,
A man may be turned loose and find himself free,
To ramble the woods with his rifle,
He oft leaves behind him a hut of disgrace,
Without a rough servant to dig in his place,
He's not calculated to prowl thro' the chase,
But rather to rob his own nation.
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Take care recent free men what you are about,
You are not aware of your danger,
This never should make you too selfish and stout,
Be never to business a stranger,
Be careful to gather what wisdom you can,
Acknowledge yourself to be only a man;
To undermine others avoid such a plan,
And shine like a star in your nation.
You are not aware of your danger,
This never should make you too selfish and stout,
Be never to business a stranger,
Be careful to gather what wisdom you can,
Acknowledge yourself to be only a man;
To undermine others avoid such a plan,
And shine like a star in your nation.
Whatever your life's occupation may be,
A teacher, a ploughman or student,
Be never too selfish because you are free,
To learn in your course to be prudent,
The springs little streamlet must swell as it flows,
The more runs into it the larger it grows,
Till into the ocean a river it flows,
And mingles the flood of a nation.
A teacher, a ploughman or student,
Be never too selfish because you are free,
To learn in your course to be prudent,
The springs little streamlet must swell as it flows,
The more runs into it the larger it grows,
Till into the ocean a river it flows,
And mingles the flood of a nation.
A man never should boast that he lives at his ease,
Because he is free from his master,
Because I can ramble wherever I please;
At nothing I strive none the faster,
I have not a servant, I have not a horse,
And have not the power to take one by force,
If nothing to keep one it makes it still worse,
And poverty takes the plantation.
Because he is free from his master,
Because I can ramble wherever I please;
At nothing I strive none the faster,
I have not a servant, I have not a horse,
And have not the power to take one by force,
If nothing to keep one it makes it still worse,
And poverty takes the plantation.
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