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A Stanza On Freedom: Poem by James Russell Lowell

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THEY are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
They are slaves who will not choose
Hatred, scoffing, and abuse,
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truth they needs must think;
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three.

Analysis of this poem
  • freedom
  • poetry

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