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Freedom - ZaunköniG - 22.05.2007 Freedom Freedom! beneath thy banner I was born. O, let me share thy full and perfect life! Teach me opinion’s slavery to scorn, And to be free from passion’s bitter strife; Free of the world, a self-dependent soul, Nourished by lofty aims and genial truth, And made more free by love’s serene control, The spell of beauty and the hopes of youth: The liberty of Nature let me know, Caught from her mountains, groves, and crystal streams; Her starry host, and sunset’s purple glow, That woo the spirit with celestial dreams, On fancy’s wing exultingly to soar, Till life’s harsh fetters clog the heart no more! |