Philosophical poem · 1735-36

Liberty

A Poem in Five Parts

by James Thomson

Thomson's blank-verse vision in five parts, in which the Goddess of Liberty traces her course from ancient Greece and Rome through the dark ages to her settled home in Britain.

Contents · 5 parts

• Part I: Ancient and Modern Italy Comparedabout 400 lines
• Part II: Greeceabout 500 lines
• Part III: Romeabout 570 lines
• Part IV: Britainabout 1190 lines
• Part V: The Prospectabout 720 lines

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