Humanity, or the rights of nature, a poem in two books. By the author of sympathy [i.e. S. J. Pratt] |
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A doctrine this too harsh for human pride,
Resort to facts and be the doctrine try'd,
With faithful hand, cull'd from th'historic page,
Proofs throng to proofs might vanquish Christian rage;
Oh! tyrant White, forget awhile thy gold,
And every virtue in thy Black behold,
All that is honour'd, lov'd, or priz'd in thee,
In thy scourg'd Negro blushing shalt thou see.
Resort to facts and be the doctrine try'd,
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Proofs throng to proofs might vanquish Christian rage;
Oh! tyrant White, forget awhile thy gold,
And every virtue in thy Black behold,
All that is honour'd, lov'd, or priz'd in thee,
In thy scourg'd Negro blushing shalt thou see.
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