' A! fredome is a nobill thing!
Fredome mayse man to haif liking.
Fredome all solace to man giffis;
He levys at ese that frely levys!
A nobil hart may haif nane ese
Na ellys nocht that may him plese
Gyff Fredome failythe.'
More verses by John Greenleaf Whittier
- The Wreck Of Rivermouth
- To Charles Sumner
- The Human Sacrifice
- The Peace Convention At Brussels
- The Trailing Arbutus