Love Poems – Page 2776
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Greece Enslaved
From “Childe Harold” Canto II. / FAIR Greece! sad relic of departed worth! / Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great! … -
Song of the Greek Poet
From “Don Juan,” Canto III. / THE ISLES of Greece, the isles of Greece! / Where burning Sappho loved and sung, … -
Slavery
From “The Timepiece”: “The Task,” Book II. / O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, / Some boundless contiguity of shade, … -
Song of the Western Men
[After the English Revolution of 1688, all bishops were compelled to swear allegiance to William and Mary. Seven of them, adherents of James II., refused and were imprisoned for treason,—the “Non-Jurors.” Trelawney of Cornwall was one.] / A GOOD sword and a trusty hand, / A merry heart and true, … -
“The harp that once through Tara’s Halls”
The Harp that once through Tara’s halls / The soul of music shed, / Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls … -
“The hills were made for freedom”
When freedom from her home was driven, / ’Mid vine-clad vales of Switzerland, / She sought the glorious Alps of heaven, … -
Switzerland
From “William Tell” / ONCE Switzerland was free! With what a pride / I used to walk these hills,—look up to heaven, … -
“Make way for Liberty”
[Battle of Sempach, fourteenth century] / “MAKE way for Liberty!”—he cried; / Made way for Liberty, and died! … -
Poland
From “The Pleasures of Hope,” Part I. / O SACRED Truth! thy triumph ceased awhile, / And Hope, thy sister, ceased with thee to smile, … -
The Marseillaise
Anonymous translation from the French / YE sons of freedom, wake to glory! / Hark! hark! what myriads bid you rise! …
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