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;
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