Horace Smith Earth Poems
- 1. Love And Liberty
The linnet had flown from its cage away,
And flitted and sang in the light of day--
Had flown from the lady who loved it well,
In Liberty's freer air to dwell.
... - 2. To A Scientific Friend
You say 'tis plain that poets feign,
And from the truth depart;
They write with ease what fibs they please,
With artifice, not art;
... - 3. My Boating Song
I.
Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure,
A goblet, that's full to the brim,
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