Born to be slaves, our fathers freedom sought,
And with their blood the precious treasure bought;
We their mean offspring our own bondage plot,
And, born to freedom, for our chains we vote.

(C) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
03/28/2017


Best Poems of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

• Answered, For Lord William Hamilton
• A Ballad
• Epigram, 1734
• Ballad, On A Late Occurrence
• A Character
• Epithalamium
• On Seeing A Portrait Of Sir Robert Walpole
• Answer
• A Hymn To The Moon
• An Epistle To The Earl Of Burlington
• Song -- Rondeau
• Addressed To ------, 1736
• Written At Lovere, 1755
• The Ninth Ode Of The Third Book Of Horace Imitated
• Conclusion Of A Letter To A Friend
• Constantinople
• To A Friend On His Travels
• Advice