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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Liberty

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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2765324The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Liberty
1898Alfred Pollard

395. LIBERTY.

Those ills that mortal men endure
So long, are capable of cure,
As they of freedom may be sure;
But, that denied, a grief, though small,
Shakes the whole roof, or ruins all.