HOW, Liberty! girl, can it be by thee nam’d?
Equality too! hussey, art not asham’d?
Free and Equal indeed, while mankind thou enchainest,
And over their hearts a proud Despot so reignest.

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Poet: Robert Burns
Poem: 472. 472. To the beautiful Miss Eliza J——n, on her principles of Liberty and Eqality
Volume: Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year: Published/Written in 1794
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