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Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.
Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.
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.
For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.
For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When read more
I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than read more
Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark read more
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
