The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes |
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Though thou no cloud in breezeless heav'n beholdest,Foreshowing Gentianella! from the clown
Thy bright intensity of blue thou foldest;
And he, assured of rain, his scythe lays down.
Hast thou no deeper knowledge? Say, for right
Strove roused France vainly? Shall the Muscovite
From Fiume steam for London? Eager, here,
To wreathe with thorn the patriot-martyr's crown,
And vaunt base scorn of hated Liberty,
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And squire, (and would-be squire and peer,) agree
To ban the wretch who struggles to be free;
And, grinning, shrug the yet-unknouted shoulders
That may be bared, ere long, to strange beholders.
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