Poem by Mary Wortley Montagu

Epigram, 1734

Born to be slaves, our fathers freedom sought,
And with their blood the precious treasure bought;
We their mean offspring our own bondage plot,
And, born to freedom, for our chains we vote.

1. The Fourth Ode of the First Book of Horace Imitated
2. The Lover
3. To a Friend on His Travels
4. Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday from the Country
5. Answered, for Lord William Hamilton

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