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... of mild.Rekhgioui swiay, . Yet leave theirrace in chains to weep. My Country! .shall ir ever be, That thou, escaped-from Slavery's rod; Thou, ?? hapy, 'onlyfee, Shat barter too' the price of blood? Sayi shall the dffspring.of that soil, Which smokes e'en ...

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... wilds, upon liberty's blast? ful No! never again shall its sweet harp be strung; soe For its chords they have slept since its slavery's stain; pre And the hand, to whose touch it once joyfully rung, Str Is withered and shrunk with the curse of a chain P. HIBERNIA ...

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... sanctions by silence, such crimes As-sully our annalsl and fever the timhes. On Alliances Holy, and Ministers fit, The ?? of-slavery properly sit: But vain all the arts on fair freedonn employ'd, The light may be tax'd but can not be destroy'd. The tree is ...

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... demon purposei-to dMform, E ; I Young. Freedom's star, so bright and clea*. For, should it gain its destihed height, Dark Slavery'sclouds must imelt awray, Like sp ctra1 shadowvs of the night Before She opening eye -of day. Oh, Ruler of the starry sphere' ...

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... caution-how base the mock bravery, Longing for liberty, shrinks from the strife; The spirit that saves from the dungeon of slavery, Or gives us to freedom, or takes us from life. Par,-.c, Sept. 22. THE SWISS GUIDE. Govern by Southey to John Roth, his Gnide ...

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... liberty, Friendship will sink into decay, If as the wind it be not free; And life, itself, will pine away, Beneath the hand of slavery. 5 -i '1 -3 -1 Im-, ...

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... ourlong night of curst slaveryaendeth, net Our niiornihg of glory may brightly airise. fin Shall Greekis at the frowniiig of slavery sever, are T3o see it debasing theftrhearts aid their souls. 00ot Whben friendshi ,nd freedorn are shmning for ever, (Ai To ...

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... wont to guide, Were now in tyranny's black cause employed. Deluded men, alas! ye never wore Oppression's chains, nor hateful slavery bore; Or Britain's thunder had not now been hurl'd On those who Freedom's banner had unfur'd. Has, too, Religion lost her ...

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... thy light at the end. -t Forbid it, that Tyranny's brow tr Should for ever o'ershadow the world, ta That the millions in slavery now ar i Should die, and no falchion be hurl'd,be Like the death-bolt of Heaven, at those.. ; id Whose strength is derived ...

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... not ia your hearts the same. nii What arc monuments of bravery,T Where no public virtue blooms ? t U'hat avail in hands of slavery, fr, Trophied temples, arches, tombs ? to Pageants!I Let the world revere us a For our people's rights ard laws, w] An~d the ...

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... let your spirits cease to weep; No more shall tyranny's foul tread, Awake you from your silent sleep. To burst the bonds of slavery- Like you, defying death, wve swear, 'We will not breathe the vital air, If living we may not be free. The, &C. [Durham UlroMCick ...

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... falla upon those murderers' head. And so it shall !-Not thinG the will To hurl one Despot from his throne, And, bound in Slavery's fetters still, L To place another Despot on. No! Freedom was his passion-he n. Heard the All-present ?? free! no One word-could ...