O what a loud and fearful shriek was there!
. . .
Ah me! they view'd beneath read more

O what a loud and fearful shriek was there!
. . .
Ah me! they view'd beneath an hireling's sword
Fallen Kosciusco.

I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
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I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
The crack of the whip like shots in battle,
The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads
That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;
The green beneath and the blue above,
And dash, and danger, and life and love.

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it read more

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.