WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy Man of Men! Pillow'd in some deep dungeon's earless den ;— Wilt thou find patience? Yet die not; do thou Live, and take comfort. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; And love, and Man's unconquerable mind. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1802. INLAND, within a hollow Vale, I stood; And saw, while sea was calm and air was clear, The Coast of France, the Coast of France how near! Drawn almost into frightful neighbourhood. I shrunk, for verily the barrier flood Was like a Lake, or River bright and fair, Even so doth God protect us if we be Virtuous and wise. Winds blow, and Waters roll, WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND. Two Voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice: There came a Tyrant, and with holy glee Thou fought'st against Him; but hast vainly striven: And neither awful Voice be heard by thee! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1802. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. TO THE MEN OF KENT. 1803. VANGUARD of Liberty, ye Men of Kent, They from their Fields can see the countenance Did from the Norman win a gallant wreath; |