Lines Inscribed in a Lady's Pocket Almanac
written in 1793
Lines Inscribed in a Lady's Pocket Almanac - meaning Summary
Hope for Justice and Liberty
Burns expresses a compact, ardent wish for moral and political justice. The speaker asks Heaven to allow him to live long enough to witness wrongdoers suffer consequences and to see liberty extended universally. The poem frames freedom as a natural, pervasive good, hoping it will render slavery and despotism relics of the past. Its tone mixes personal plea and public aspiration, moving from a desire for retribution against oppressors to a broader longing for the triumph of emancipation and equality.
Read Complete AnalysesGrant me, indulgent Heaven, that I may live, To see the miscreants feel the pains they give; Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, Till Slave and Despot be but things that were.
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