Ann Yearsley Poems

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A Poem On The Inhumanity Of The Slave-Trade

BRISTOL, thine heart hath throbb'd to glory.—Slaves,
E'en Christian slaves, have shook their chains, and gaz'd
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2.
To Indifference

INDIFFERENCE come! thy torpid juices shed
On my keen sense: plunge deep my wounded heart,
In thickest apathy, till it congeal,
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3.
The Indifferent Shepherdess to Colin

Colin, why this mistake?
Why plead thy foolish love?
My heart shall sooner break
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