An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, muddy spring; - mud from a nor feel, nor Rulers who neither see, know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, 5 Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow; A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field; An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield; 10 Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay; Religion Christless, Godless, a book sealed; A Senate-Time's worst statute unrepealed: Are graves, from which a glorious Phan tom may Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day. LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY (1819) The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean; The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; See the mountains kiss high heaven, 10 15 |