Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Prose and Poetry of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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EPIGRAM, 1734.
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.