Sonnet To Thomas Paine, the author of The Rights of Man by T. Clio Rickman. Hail Genius! of Truth, and Life, and Light, The purest wisdom marks thy manly page; `Tis thine to purge from filth the mental site, `Tis thine to renovate and bless the age. To valued naught but what is truly great, […]
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The two following letters are explanatory of the reasons why the publication of the life of Mr. Paine has been so long delayed, and are so well calculated to excite the candor of the reader toward the work, that no apology is offered for making them a part of the preface.
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Epitaph, On Thomas Paine, by Clio Rickman. To future times this monumental stone Need not be spared to make thy value known. For future times will in each bosom raise An Altar sacred to that worth and praise; And sound with general voice, when envy dies, Thee and thy works with plaudits, to the skies.
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