VI.
Withdraw, then, thy presence from pleasure's gay bowers,
And smile but on him who braves danger and toil.
Thus beauty and virtue, asserting their powers,
Shall more than atone for the false Devorghoil.
VII.
Irresistible loveliness! wouldst thou but cherish
The patriot virtues, at once we are free;
But desert thou, or shrink, and as surely we perish—
For man takes the tone of his spirit from thee.
VIII.
Then, oh! if you'd teach us once more to recover
The glory that erst shed its light on thy brow,
Rend away from your lutes the soft strings of the lover,
And sing us no songs but of Fatherland now.
IX.
A spirit is moving in light o'er the waters,
And he shouts through the stormy applause of the waves,
"How long, beloved land, shall thy glorious daughters
Be consorts or mothers of spiritless slaves?"
X.
Oh, rock-girdled Freedom! adored by the Roman,
In woman's dear form descend on our fanes,
And the mountains shall dance at the fall of the foeman,
To earth's heav'nliest music—the breaking of chains!
EPIGRAM
TOUCHING THE TARIFF AND INCOME TAX.
When I see Peel and Co.'s plans thus give birth
To want and woe 'mong Englishers and Scotchers,
"O, pardon me, thou bleeding peace of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with such botchers!"
