Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
[Proclaim the proud Truth to the Hills and Wolds] |
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[Proclaim the proud Truth to the Hills and Wolds]
Proclaim the proud Truth to the Hills and Wolds,Where'er great Nature smiles, and wheresoe'er
Philosophy, high-throned on Sovereign chair,
Her sphery-sessioned arbitration holds—
Then shall Man's lofty thoughts in worthier moulds
Be well recast—and with her serpent hair
That dark Medusa Prejudice from her lair
Shall be ejected—with that fierce hair's folds
Dishevelled—with those cold eyes reft of power,
So shall she be exorcized from the Earth—
While Truth shall revel in his Victory's hour!—
Proclaim it thou! whilst stead of this dim dearth
Of Hopes to some held forth, who nobly shower
Their Thoughts' wealth round—all tongues shall sound their worth!
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