LIBERTY FOR ALL.
THEY tell me, LIBERTY ! that, in thy name,
I may not plead for all the human race ;
That some are born to bondage and disgrace,
Some to a heritage of woe and shame,
And some to power supreme, and glorious fame :
With my whole soul, I spurn the doctrine base,
And, as an equal brotherhood, embrace
All people, and for all fair freedom claim !
Know this, O man ! whate'er thy earthly fate
GOD NEVER MADE A TYRANT, NOR A SLAVE :
Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate
His glorious image ! for to all HE gave
Eternal rights, which none may violate ;
And, by a mighty hand, th' oppressed HE yet shall save!
.
THEY tell me, LIBERTY ! that, in thy name,
I may not plead for all the human race ;
That some are born to bondage and disgrace,
Some to a heritage of woe and shame,
And some to power supreme, and glorious fame :
With my whole soul, I spurn the doctrine base,
And, as an equal brotherhood, embrace
All people, and for all fair freedom claim !
Know this, O man ! whate'er thy earthly fate
GOD NEVER MADE A TYRANT, NOR A SLAVE :
Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate
His glorious image ! for to all HE gave
Eternal rights, which none may violate ;
And, by a mighty hand, th' oppressed HE yet shall save!
.
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