<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540242" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Thomas Clarkson</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE<br>MARCH 1807</div><div style="margin:10px 0">CLARKSON! it was an obstinate hill to climb:<br>How toilsome--nay, how dire--it was, by thee<br>Is known; by none, perhaps, so feelingly:<br>But thou, who, starting in thy fervent prime,<br>Didst first lead forth that enterprise sublime,<br>Hast heard the constant Voice its charge repeat,<br>Which, out of thy young heart's oracular seat,<br>First roused thee.--O true yoke-fellow of Time,<br>Duty's intrepid liegeman, see, the palm<br>Is won, and by all Nations shall be worn! <br>The blood-stained Writing is for ever torn;<br>And thou henceforth wilt have a good man's calm,<br>A great man's happiness; thy zeal shall find<br>Repose at length, firm friend of human kind!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Wordsworth">William Wordsworth</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=540242" data-title="To Thomas Clarkson de William Wordsworth" data-description="ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE MARCH 1807 CLARKSON! it was an obstinate hill to climb: How toilsome--nay, how dire--it was, by thee Is known; by none, perhaps, so feelingly: But thou, who, starting in thy fe..."></div> </div> </div>

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