The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
TO THE CHARTISTS, UPON THEIR SUPPRESSING PUBLIC
MEETINGS. |
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TO THE CHARTISTS, UPON THEIR SUPPRESSING PUBLIC MEETINGS.
Ye fools, who clamour for the “Charter” so,And yet, in seeking it, defeat the end
Ye yourselves have in view—why would ye bend
The necks of others to your yoke? to show
How little ye true freedom love or know?
If such as ye were destined to ascend
Her social heights, your vision might extend
Beyond these views of party, and thence throw
A glance upon the great map of mankind;
Learning that Freedom is in reach of those
Alone, who, claiming free use of their mind,
The channels of Opinion never close:
Which with a thousand different courses wind,
And mix in Thought's great sea, from whence they rose!
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