Poem by David Sillar

Song IV

         Composed for June 4th, 1787.
         Tune, The Lilies of France.

I.

Let Britons rejoice in the prospect of peace,
When freedom shall reign, and oppression shall cease:
When tyrants their pow’r shall be forc’d to lay down,
And liberty smile from the cot to the crown.

	CHORUS

	Drink success to freedom,
	Till tyranny’s brought down:
	And liberty smile
	From the cot to the crown.

II.

A nation in bondage can never be brave;
Then Britons detest the mean name of a slave;
And rouse like old heroes, till liberty smile
Alike thro’ all parts of the great British isle.

	CHORUS

	Drink success to freedom,
	Till tyranny’s brought down:
	And liberty smile
	From the cot to the crown.

III.

A health to the King, may he long rule the state,
Assisted by men who are good as they’re great;
Till freedom and friendship their int’rests entwine,
And faction and party are forc’d to resign.

	CHORUS

	Drink success to freedom,
	Till tyranny’s brought down:
	And liberty smile
	From the cot to the crown.

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5. Epistle to R. Burns

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