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EPIGRAM by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU

First Line: BORN TO BE SLAVES, OUR FATHERS FREEDOM SOUGHT
Last Line: AND, BORN TO FREEDOM, FOR OUR CHAINS WE VOTE.
Subject(s): FREEDOM; LIBERTY;
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.




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