Some tell us ’t is a burnin’ shame
To make the naygers fight;
An’ that the thrade of bein’ kilt
Belongs but to the white:
But as for me, upon my sowl!
So liberal are we here,
I ’ll let Sambo be murthered instead of myself,
On every day in the year.
On every day in the year, boys,
And in every hour of the...
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O, It is hard to work for God,
To rise and take his part
Upon this battle-field of earth,
And not sometimes lose heart!He hides himself so wondrously,
As though there were no God;
He is least seen when all the powers
Of ill are most abroad.Or he deserts us at the hour
The fight is all but lost;
And... -
WHilst you, Athenia, with assiduous toil
Reap the rich fruits of learning's fertile soil;
Now search whate'er historick truth has shewn,
And make the... -
The right to perish might be thought
An undisputed right —
Attempt it, and the Universe
Upon the opposite
Will concentrate its officers —
You cannot even die
But nature and mankind must pause
To pay you scrutiny. -
SIR,
WHILE at the helm of state you ride,
Our nation's envy, and its pride;
While foreign courts with wonder gaze,
And curse those councils which they praise;
Would you not wonder, sir, to view
Your bard a greater man than you?
Which that he is, you cannot doubt,
When... -
You're right — "the way is narrow" —
And "difficult the Gate" —
And "few there be" — Correct again —
That "enter in — thereat" —
'Tis Costly — So are purples!
'Tis just the price of Breath —
With but the "Discount" of the Grave —
Termed by the Brokers — "Death"!
And...