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TO THE BEAUTIFUL ELIZA J - N by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW, LIBERTY! GIRL, CAN IT BE BY THEE NAMED
Last Line: AND OVER THEIR HEARTS A PROUD DESPOT SO REIGNEST.
Subject(s): FREEDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; LIBERTY; FEMINISM;
How, Liberty! girl, can it be by thee nam'd?
Equality too! hussey, art not asham'd?
Free and Equal indeed, while mankind thou enchainest,
And over their hearts a proud Despot so reignest.



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