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| But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought
Of freedom, in that hope itself possess
All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength,
The scorn of danger, and united hearts,
The surest presage of the good they seek. | Freedom has a thousand charms to show,
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. | He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides. | Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul,
and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the faculties with glorious joy. | No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. | He is the freeman whom the truth makes free. | 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it. | To follow foolish precedents, and wink
With both our eyes, is easier than to think. | Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. |
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