The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
PREMIER-REVOLUTIONISTS: ON THE CORN-LAWS. |
The Poetry of Real Life | ||
PREMIER-REVOLUTIONISTS: ON THE CORN-LAWS.
They most a state's foundations sap, who takeFrom Law its reverence, from Power its love:
Their highest attributes, from Him above
Derived direct, and holy for His sake!
Samsons, who, with misguided power, shake
That temple, which not might of hosts could move:
And that which most upholds, by which it throve,
The pillar of Justice (putting all at stake)
Pluck on themselves and others—these alone
Are truly revolutionists: who burst
Asunder, with mad strength, the holy zone
Of Order, which nought else could do or durst;
Which round Man's life, like Venus' Cestus, thrown,
Hath all its social charms and graces nurst!
The Poetry of Real Life | ||