The Sweets Of Liberty
Is there a man that never sighed
To set the prisoner free?
Is there a man that never prized
The sweets of liberty ?
Then let him, let him breathe -unseen,
Or in a dungeon live;
Nor never, never know the sweets
That liberty can give.
Is there a heart so cold in man,
Can galling fetters crave ?
Is there a wretch so truly low,
Can stoop to be a slave?
O, let him, then, in chains be bound,
In chains and bondage live ;
Nor never, never know the sweets
That liberty can give.
Is there a breast so chilled in life,
Can nurse the coward’s sigh ?
Is there a creature so debased,
Would not for freedom die ?
O, let him then be doomed to crawl
Where only reptiles live ;
Nor never, never know the sweets
That liberty can give.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxaxbCD xexexbCDxfxfxbCD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 706 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 16 |
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