3 Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes on Poetry

Anna Letitia Barbauld quotes on poetry

1. Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

2. OH! hear a pensive captive's prayer, For liberty that sighs ; And never let thine heart be shut Against the prisoner's cries.

3. If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd, And spurn'd a tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force A free-born mouse detain.