Is there a man that never sighed <br />To set the prisoner free? <br />Is there a man that never prized <br />The sweets of liberty ? <br />Then let him, let him breathe -unseen, <br />Or in a dungeon live; <br />Nor never, never know the sweets <br />That liberty can give. <br /> <br /> <br />Is there a heart so cold in man, <br />Can galling fetters crave ? <br />Is there a wretch so truly low, <br />Can stoop to be a slave? <br />O, let him, then, in chains be bound, <br />In chains and bondage live ; <br />Nor never, never know the sweets <br />That liberty can give. <br />Is there a breast so chilled in life, <br />Can nurse the coward’s sigh ? <br />Is there a creature so debased, <br />Would not for freedom die ? <br />O, let him then be doomed to crawl <br />Where only reptiles live ; <br />Nor never, never know the sweets <br />That liberty can give.<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sweets-of-liberty/
