255.We Will Speak Out by James Russell Lowell
b"Lowell read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n---------------------------------------------\\n \\nWe Will Speak Out\\nby James Russell Lowell(1819 \\u2013 1891)\\n\\nWe will speak out, we will be heard,\\nThough all earth's system's crack;\\nWe will not bate a single word,\\nNor take a letter back.\\nLet liars fear, let cowards shrink,\\nLet traitors turn away;\\nWhatever we have dared to think\\nThat dare we also say.\\nWe speak the truth, and what care we\\nFor hissing and for scorn,\\nWhile some faint gleamings we can see\\nOf Freedom's coming morn?\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"