Quotes from work

The Mouse's Petition

“OH! hear a pensive captive's prayer,
For liberty that sighs;
And never let thine heart be shut
Against the prisoner's cries.”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld The Mouse's Petition

The Mouse's Petition (1773)

“If e'er thy breast with freedom glow'd,
And spurn'd a tyrant's chain,
Let not thy strong oppressive force
A free-born mouse detain.”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld The Mouse's Petition

The Mouse's Petition (1773)

“So when unseen destruction lurks,
Which men like mice may share,
May some kind angel clear thy path,
And break the hidden snare.”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld The Mouse's Petition

The Mouse's Petition (1773)

“The well-taught philosophic mind
To all compassion gives;
Casts round the world an equal eye,
And feels for all that lives.”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld The Mouse's Petition

The Mouse's Petition (1773)

“The chearful light, the vital air,
Are blessings widely given;
Let nature's commoners enjoy
The common gifts of heaven.”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld The Mouse's Petition

The Mouse's Petition (1773)

“If mind, as ancient sages taught,
A never dying flame,
Still shifts thro' matter's varying forms,
In every form the same,

Beware, lest in the worm you crush
A brother's soul you find;
And tremble lest thy luckless hand
Dislodge a kindred mind.”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld The Mouse's Petition

The Mouse's Petition (1773)