The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes |
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HYMN.
[Nurse of the Pilgrim Sires, who sought]
Nurse of the Pilgrim Sires, who sought,
Beyond the Atlantic foam,
For fearless truth and honest thought,
A refuge and a home!
Who would not be of them or thee
A not unworthy son,
That hears, amid the chain'd or free,
The name of Washington?
Beyond the Atlantic foam,
For fearless truth and honest thought,
A refuge and a home!
Who would not be of them or thee
A not unworthy son,
That hears, amid the chain'd or free,
The name of Washington?
Cradle of Shakspeare, Milton, Knox!
King-shaming Cromwell's throne!
Home of the Russells, Watts, and Lockes!
Earth's greatest are thine own:
And shall thy children forge base chains
For men that would be free?
No! by thy Elliots, Hampdens, Vanes,
Pyms, Sydneys, yet to be!
King-shaming Cromwell's throne!
Home of the Russells, Watts, and Lockes!
Earth's greatest are thine own:
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For men that would be free?
No! by thy Elliots, Hampdens, Vanes,
Pyms, Sydneys, yet to be!
No!—for the blood which kings have gorged
Hath made their victims wise,
While every lie that Fraud hath forged
Veils wisdom from his eyes:
But time shall change the despot's mood:
And Mind is mightiest then,
When turning evil into good,
And monsters into men.
Hath made their victims wise,
While every lie that Fraud hath forged
Veils wisdom from his eyes:
But time shall change the despot's mood:
And Mind is mightiest then,
When turning evil into good,
And monsters into men.
If round the soul the chains are bound
That hold the world in thrall—
If tyrants laugh when men are found
In brutal fray to fall—
Lord! let not Britain arm her hands,
Her sister states to ban;
But bless through her all other lands,
Thy family of Man.
That hold the world in thrall—
If tyrants laugh when men are found
In brutal fray to fall—
Lord! let not Britain arm her hands,
Her sister states to ban;
But bless through her all other lands,
Thy family of Man.
For freedom if thy Hampden fought,
For peace if Falkland fell;
For peace and love if Bentham wrote,
And Burns sang wildly well—
Let Knowledge, strongest of the strong,
Bid hate and discord cease;
Be this the burden of her song:
“Love, Liberty, and Peace!”
For peace if Falkland fell;
For peace and love if Bentham wrote,
And Burns sang wildly well—
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Bid hate and discord cease;
Be this the burden of her song:
“Love, Liberty, and Peace!”
Then, Father, will the nations all,
As with the sound of seas,
In universal festival,
Sing words of joy, like these:—
Let each love all, and all be free,
Receiving as they give;
Lord!—Jesus died for Love and Thee!
So let thy children live!
As with the sound of seas,
In universal festival,
Sing words of joy, like these:—
Let each love all, and all be free,
Receiving as they give;
Lord!—Jesus died for Love and Thee!
So let thy children live!
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