George Maclaurin
The Convention of The Beasts, A Tale
[1812] George Maclaurin, “The Convention of Beasts; A Tale,” in vol, 1 of The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Colin Maclaurin, Esq. Advocate and of the Late George Maclaurin, Esq. Writer 「Google Books」, Edinburgh, 1812) 30-55.
What Muse, in these our equalising days,
Can I invoke, to countenance my lays?
The risk of censure I shall surely run,
And innovation make, —I’ll pray to none.
No party checks the freedom of my pen,
I sing the rights of Beasts, not those of Man.
