This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782 Excerpt: ...and insure thy rest; Still shall thy AylifF, taught, tho' late, Thy friendly justice in his fate, Turn'd to a guardian angel, spread Sweet dreams of comfort round thy head. Dark was the night, by Fate decreed For the contrivance of a deed More black than common, which might make This land from her foundations shake, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782 Excerpt: ...and insure thy rest; Still shall thy AylifF, taught, tho' late, Thy friendly justice in his fate, Turn'd to a guardian angel, spread Sweet dreams of comfort round thy head. Dark was the night, by Fate decreed For the contrivance of a deed More black than common, which might make This land from her foundations shake, Might tear up Freedom from the root, Destroy a Wilkes, and six a Bute. Deep Horror held her wide domain; The sky in sullen drops of rain Forewept the morn, and thro' the air, Which, op'n'ing, laid its bosom bare Loud thunders roll'd and lightning stream'd; The owl at Freedom's Window seream'd, The sereech-owl, prophet dire! whose breath Brings sickness, and whose note is death; The churchyard teem'd, and from the tomb, All fad and silent, thro' the gloom The ghosts of men in former times, Whose public virtues were their crimes, Indignant stalk'd; sorrow and rage Blank'd their pale cheeks: in his own age The prop of Freedom, Hampden there Felt after death thegen'rous care; Sidney, by grjef, from heav'n was kept, And for his brother patriot wept: All friends of Liberty, when Fate Prepar'd to shorten Wilke's date, . Heav'd deeply hurt, the heart-felt roan, And knew that wound to be their own. Hail, Liberty! a glorious word, ' 175 In other countries searcely heard, Or heard but as a thing of course, Without or energy or force: Here selt, enjo.y'd, ador'd, she springs, Fai, far beyond the reach of kings; iSo Fresh blooming from our mother Earth, With pride and joy she owns her birth Deriv'd from us, and in return Bids in our breasts her genius burn; Bids us with all thole blessings live ' '" l85 Which Liberty alone can give, Or nobly with that spirit die Which makes death more than victory. ' ' Hail those old patriots, on whose tongue ' Per...
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