Text:Freedom
Author:H. Ware

190. Freedom

Oppression shall not always reign;
There comes a brighter day,
When freedom, burst from every chain,
Shall have triumphant way.
Then right shall over might prevail,
And truth, like hero armed in mail,
The hosts of tyrant wrong assail,
And hold eternal sway.

What voice shall bid the progress stay
Of truth’s victorious car?
What arm arrest the growing day,
Or quench the solar star?
What reckless soul, though stout and strong,
Shall dare bring back the ancient wrong,
Oppression’s guilty night prolong,
And freedom’s morning bar?

Text Information
First Line: Oppression shall not always reign
Title: Freedom
Author: H. Ware
Meter: P. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
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