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PJ.774.026
10 Aug 1774:41 (1653)
So much has been wrote on the subject of one breach with
King, lords, and commons, that there seems little left
further to add, --that the minister and parliament are bent
on enslaving us, none will deny, except courtiers . . . . to
my brethren of America, ---Would you be free? 'Tis your
chief wish you say,
Come on: I'll shew thee, friend, the certain way:
If to no feasts abroad, thou loves to go,
While bountious God does bread at home bestow;
. . . [18 lines, signed] Sir Abraham Cowley.
I shall conclude this piece with Sir Abraham's prayer.
For these few hours of life allotted me,
Give me (great God) but bread and liberty;
I'll beg no more; if more thou'st pleas'd to give,
I'll thankfully that overplus receive;
. . . [2 lines, signed] An Unfettered Pennsylvanian.
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