Classic Poem

Poor outcast refugees of mother earth
Condemnd in vain for rest & peace to roam
Ye birds & beasts of fates despited birth
Forced from the wilds which nature left your home
By vile evasions of encroaching men
By whom wild natures nearly dispossest
— The rabbit has no waste to make his den
& the coy p[h]easant has not where to rest
& cawing rook as spring returns agen
Scarce finds a tree whereon to build its nest
Ah tyrant knaves while preaching freedoms laws
Crying down tyranny in stronger powers
You glut your vile unsatiated maws
& freedoms birthright in the weak devours.