The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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SONNET. TO INDEPENDENCE. |
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SONNET. TO INDEPENDENCE.
Supreme, enchanting pow'r! from whose blest source
The human mind receives its purest joys,
'Tis thine to check oppression's baneful course,
And smile indignant on ambition's toys!
The human mind receives its purest joys,
'Tis thine to check oppression's baneful course,
And smile indignant on ambition's toys!
Thy calm and open eye alike disdains
The tyrant's threat, and the smooth flatt'rer's art;
The wealthy sycophant, in gilded chains,
Or the fair mask, that hides the recreant heart.
The tyrant's threat, and the smooth flatt'rer's art;
The wealthy sycophant, in gilded chains,
Or the fair mask, that hides the recreant heart.
O nymph ador'd! still let my bosom share
Thy conscious joys, thy ecstasies divine!
Let tinsel glories deck the brow of care;
Content and independence shall be mine!
So will I shun the base and little crowd,
Pitying the servile slaves—unpitied by the proud!
Thy conscious joys, thy ecstasies divine!
Let tinsel glories deck the brow of care;
Content and independence shall be mine!
So will I shun the base and little crowd,
Pitying the servile slaves—unpitied by the proud!
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