Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Fredome |
By John Barbour |
(English poet, c.1316?–1395) |
| | | A! FREDOME is a nobill thing! | |
| Fredome mayse man to haiff liking! | |
| Fredome all solace to man giffis: | |
| He levys at ese that frely levys; | |
| A noble hart may haiff nane ease, | 5 |
| Na ellys nocht that may him plese, | |
| Gyff fredome failythe: for fre liking | |
| Is yearnyt ow’r all othir thing | |
| Na he, that ay hase levyt fre, | |
| May nocht knaw weill the propyrte, | 10 |
| The angry, na the wretchyt dome, | |
| That is cowplyt to foule thyrldome. | |
| Bot gyff he had assayit it, | |
| Than all perquer he suld it wyt; | |
| And suld think fredome mar to pryse | 15 |
| Than all the gold in warld that is. | | | | |
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