Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FREEDOM AND TRUTH, by SARAH MARGARET FULLER


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FREEDOM AND TRUTH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The shrine is vowed to freedom, but, my friend
Last Line: Comprising means and end in truth's great name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Fuller, Margaret; Ossoli, Marchioness; Ossoli, Margaret Fuller
Subject(s): Freedom; Truth; Liberty


To a friend

The shrine is vowed to freedom, but, my friend,
Freedom is but a means to gain an end.
Freedom should build a temple, but the shrine
Be consecrate to thought still more divine.
The human bliss which angel hopes foresaw
Is liberty to comprehend the law.
Give, then, thy book a larger scope and frame,
Comprising means and end in Truth's great name.







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