The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
ON THE OCCUPATION OF SINDE. |
The Poetry of Real Life | ||
ON THE OCCUPATION OF SINDE.
Thine honor is an Ægis more secureThan fleets or armies, O my Country dear:
And faith and justice cause more righteous fear
In the offender and the evildoer,
Than the brute terrors which not long assure
(And only while their instruments are near,)
An unjust usurpation: whose career
Hath ending violent and premature,
Like its beginning—thou wilt soon repent
Thine error, in the loss of confidence,
Which doth a kingdom more than arms cement;
Yet, whatsoever be the consequence,
One loss is certain: loss of that high sense
Of justice, which is thy worst punishment!
The Poetry of Real Life | ||