SONNET ON ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT. John Scott Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1136 K093079.003 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 283. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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SONNET ON ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT . BY J— S— . BOAST not your state , slaves of despotic sway , Where wanton Gallia , 'midst her vine-clad hills , Her olive bowers , her myrtle-shaded rills , Her mild air's fan , her genial sun's survey : Nor ye , where Asia like a queen sits gay , 'Midst her rich groves where odorous balm distils , And the charm'd eye th' Elysian landscape fills , And hand in hand young Spring and Autumn play : Each boon to you your haughty lords deny , And at their will your frail lives you resign : Behold , and 'midst your flowery scenes repine ! Under bleak Albion's cloud-envelop'd sky , Her meanest sons secure enjoy their own , And bow to Heaven and Liberty alone .