If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, And spurn'd a tyran… - Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, And spurn'd a tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force
A free-born mouse detain.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was an English poet and miscellaneous writer.

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Alternative Names: Anna Laetitia Aiken • Anna Letitia Barbauld • Anna Lætitia Barbauld • Ann Letitia Barbauld • Anna (Laetitia) Barbauld

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Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.

I read his awful name, emblazon'd high
With golden letters on th' illumin'd sky.

If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, And spurn'd a tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force A free-born mouse detain. - Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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