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on glenriddell&039;s fox breakg his cha

a fragnt, 1791

thou, liberty, thou art y the;

not such as idle poets drea,

who trick thee up a heathen goddess

that a fantastic cap and rod has;

such stale nceits are poor and silly;

i pat thee out, a highnd filly,

a sturdy, stubborn, hand dapple,

as sleek&039;s a oe, as round&039;s an apple,

that when thou pleasest canst do wonders;

but when thy ckless rider bnders,

or if thy fancy should deur there,

wilt break thy neck ere thou go further

these thgs preised, i sg a fox,

was caught aong his native rocks,

and to a dirty kennel chaed,

how he his liberty regaed

glenriddell! whig without a sta,

a whig prciple and gra,

uld&039;st thou ensve a free-born creature,

a native denizen of nature?

how uld&039;st thou, with a heart good,

(a better ne&039;er was siced with blood!)

nail a poor devil to a tree,

that ne&039;er did har to the or thee?

the staunchest whig glenriddell was,

ite frantic his untry&039;s cae;

and oft was reynard&039;s prin passg,

and with his brother-whigs canvassg

the rights of n, the powers of won,

with all the dignity of freen

sir reynard daily heard debates

of prces&039;, kgs&039;, and nations&039; fates,

with any rueful, bloody stories

of tyrants, jabites, and tories:

fro liberty how anls fell,

that now are galley-sves hell;

how nirod first the trade began

of bdg svery&039;s chas on an;

how fell seirais—god dan her!

did first, with sacrilegio har,

(all ills till then were trivial atters)

for an dethron&039;d fe hen-peck fetters;

how xerxes, that abandoned tory,

thought cuttg throats was reapg glory,

until the stubborn whigs of sparta

taught hi great nature&039;s agna charta;