Poems Written in Close Confinement in The Tower and Newgate Under a Charge of High Treason. By John Thelwall |
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SONNET VIII. ON THE REPORT OF THE DEATH OF THOMAS MUIR, ON BOARD THE SURPRISE, IN HIS PASSAGE TO BOTANY BAY.
AH, who shall now on happiness presume
From Parts of Virtue, on this thankless earth,
When, in the floating dungeon's noxious gloom,
Muir falls a victim to his Patriot worth?
From Parts of Virtue, on this thankless earth,
When, in the floating dungeon's noxious gloom,
Muir falls a victim to his Patriot worth?
That noble spirit, still for Freedom warm
Enlighten'd, manly, eloquent, and brave,
That fearless stemm'd Oppression's raging storm,
Has sunk, subdued, beneath the whelming wave.
Enlighten'd, manly, eloquent, and brave,
That fearless stemm'd Oppression's raging storm,
Has sunk, subdued, beneath the whelming wave.
Yet O brave Martyr! (if thy hovering shade
Still feel its wonted ardour) let the tear
And grateful honours to thy memory paid,
With kindling hopes thy Patriot spirit cheer—
Proofs that, with souls unaw'd, the virtuous few,
The sacred cause of Freedom still pursue.
Still feel its wonted ardour) let the tear
And grateful honours to thy memory paid,
With kindling hopes thy Patriot spirit cheer—
Proofs that, with souls unaw'd, the virtuous few,
The sacred cause of Freedom still pursue.
Tower, 18th Sept. 1794.
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