"Of one who, should the unkingly thirst of gold, / Or tyrant passions, or ambition, prompt, / Calls locust-armies o'er the blasted land:"
Liberty, A Poem
At least 40 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1735, 1736, 1738, 1762, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1771, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1784, 1787, 1788, 1790). [Published in <u>The Works of the English Poets</u>.]<br>
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Published in parts; complicated publication history. See Part 1: <u>Antient and Modern Italy Compared: Being the First Part of Liberty, a Poem. By Mr. Thomson.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against St. Clement’s Church in the Strand, 1735). Part 2: <u>Greece: Being the Second Part of Liberty, a Poem. By Mr. Thomson</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1735). Part 3: <u>Rome: Being the Third Part of Liberty, a Poem. By Mr. Thomson</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1735). Part 4: <u>Britain: Being the Fourth Part of Liberty, a Poem.</u> By Mr. Thomson. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1736). Part 5: <u>The Prospect: Being the Fifth Part of Liberty. A Poem. By Mr. Thomson.</u> (London: printed for A. Millar, 1736).<br>
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Text from <u>The Poetical Works of James Thomson</u> (London: William Pickering, 1830). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr  i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:po:Z200509665:2">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading <u>Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and other Poems</u>, ed. James Sambrook (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986).