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A Fragment, 1791.
Thou, Liberty, thou art my theme; / Not such as idle poets dream, / Who trick thee up a heathen goddess / That a fantastic cap and rod has; / Such stale conceits are poor and silly; / I paint thee out, a Highland filly, / A sturdy, stubborn, handsome dapple, / As sleek's a mouse, as round's an apple, / That when thou pleasest canst do wonders; / But when thy luckless rider blunders, / Or if thy fancy should demur there, / Wilt break thy neck ere thou go further.