The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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SONNET. TO LIBERTY. |
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SONNET. TO LIBERTY.
Ah! liberty! transcendent and sublime!
Born in the mountain's solitary crest;
Nature thy nurse! thy sire, exulting time!
Truth, the pure inmate of the glowing breast!
Born in the mountain's solitary crest;
Nature thy nurse! thy sire, exulting time!
Truth, the pure inmate of the glowing breast!
Oft dost thou wander by the billowy deep,
Scatt'ring the sands that bind the level shore;
Or, tow'ring, brave the desolating roar,
That bids the tyrant tempest lash the steep!
Scatt'ring the sands that bind the level shore;
Or, tow'ring, brave the desolating roar,
That bids the tyrant tempest lash the steep!
'Tis thine, where sanguinary demons low'r,
Amidst the thick'ning host to force thy way;
To quell the minions of oppressive pow'r,
And crush the vaunting nothings of a day!
Amidst the thick'ning host to force thy way;
To quell the minions of oppressive pow'r,
And crush the vaunting nothings of a day!
Still shall the human mind thy name adore!
'Till chaos reigns—and worlds shall be no more!
'Till chaos reigns—and worlds shall be no more!
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