The peripatetic or, Sketches of the heart, of nature and society; In a series of politico-sentimental journals, in verse and prose, of the eccentric excursions of Sylvanus Theophrastus; Supposed to be written by himself [by John Thelwall] |
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[But come, fair Freedom, heav'n-born maid!] |
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[But come, fair Freedom, heav'n-born maid!]
But come, fair Freedom, heav'n-born maid!
Shake off Corruption's sordid chain,
And, in thy native smiles array'd,
The artist cheer and drooping swain.
Shake off Corruption's sordid chain,
And, in thy native smiles array'd,
The artist cheer and drooping swain.
Let Pride no more, in pamper'd state,
Exulting in an empty name,
On trampled crowds her throne elate,
And Labour's honest earnings claim.
Exulting in an empty name,
On trampled crowds her throne elate,
And Labour's honest earnings claim.
No more let Britons, bought and sold
By venal Party's selfish art,
The mockery of thy form behold,
And feel Oppression's real smart.
By venal Party's selfish art,
The mockery of thy form behold,
And feel Oppression's real smart.
But shew thy energetic soul,
And in thy awful frowns appear:
Those frowns that tyrant Pride controul,
And thrill Corruption's nerve with fear.
And in thy awful frowns appear:
Those frowns that tyrant Pride controul,
And thrill Corruption's nerve with fear.
Let false Distinction's pageant flee:
Be worth and parts alone rever'd:
Let ev'ry Briton feel he's free,
And ev'ry freeman's voice be heard.
Be worth and parts alone rever'd:
Let ev'ry Briton feel he's free,
And ev'ry freeman's voice be heard.
Then Labour's solitary ewe
Luxurious courts shall sieze no more.
Then Plenty shall her smiles renew,
And Misery fly the British shore!
Luxurious courts shall sieze no more.
Then Plenty shall her smiles renew,
And Misery fly the British shore!
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