<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537833" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet to William Wilberforce, Esq.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain,<br> Hears thee, by cruel men and impious, call'd<br> Fanatic, for thy zeal to loose th' enthrall'd<br> From exile, public sale, and slav'ry's chain.<br> Friend of the poor, the wrong'd, the fetter-gall'd,<br> Fear not lest labour such as thine be vain!<br> Thou hast achiev'd a part; hast gain'd the ear<br> Of Britain's senate to thy glorious cause;<br> Hope smiles, joy springs, and tho' cold caution pause<br> And weave delay, the better hour is near,<br> That shall remunerate thy toils severe<br> By peace for Afric, fenc'd with British laws.<br> Enjoy what thou hast won, esteem and love<br> From all the just on earth, and all the blest above!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537833" data-title="Sonnet to William Wilberforce, Esq. de William Cowper" data-description="Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, Hears thee, by cruel men and impious, call'd Fanatic, for thy zeal to loose th' enthrall'd From exile, public sale, and slav'ry's chain. Friend of the poor, the wrong'd, the fetter-gall'd, Fear not..."></div> </div> </div>

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