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Hymn to Liberty. Translated from the French, by Thomas Dutton

1797-05-01 Subjects: Human rights Forms: Article in periodical, Poetry Translation Status: Integral English Philadelphia

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Anonymous (250)

Contributions

Thomas Dutton: translator
Richard Lee: publisher

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is translation of: Unknown 7 has translation
is part of: The American Universal Magazine

Summary (extracted citations)

Last verse: "Hail, ye brave Helvetian legions!/Freedom first was won by you/Hail! Britannia's blissful regions!/Ye received the Goddess to/Oh, join the Chorus!/Distant lands shall hear the strain/Distant lands shall break their chain/and Despotism fly before us!"

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British Library

Notes

1 May 1797, p. 187. 'Sung at the grand festival of the promulgation of the act of constitution, 25th September, 1791'.

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