Freedom, such as God hath given With their breath, and from their birth, Though Guilt would sweep it from the earth; With a fierce and lavish hand Scattering nations' wealth like sand; Pouring nations' blood like water, In imperial seas of slaughter! V. But the heart and the mind, And the voice of mankind, Shall arise in communion And who shall resist that proud union? Even in this low world of care Freedom ne'er shall want an heir; Her for ever bounding spirit When once more her hosts assemble, [FROM THE FRench.] "All wept, but particularly Savary, and a Polish officer who had been exalted from the ranks by Bonaparte. He clung to his master's knees; wrote a letter to Lord Keith, entreating permission to accompany him, even in the most menial capacity, which could not be admitted." 1. MUST thou go, my glorious Chief, With a soldier's faith for thee? 2. Idol of the soldier's soul! First in fight, but mightiest now: Many could a world control; Thee alone no doom can bow. By thy side for years I dared 3. Would that I were cold with those, When the doubts of coward foes Scarce dare trust a man with thee, Dreading each should set thee free. Oh! although in dungeons pent, All their chains were light to me, Gazing on thy soul unbent. 4. Would the sycophants of him Hearts like those which still are thine? 5. My chief, my king, my friend, adieu! As his foes I now implore: Every peril he must brave; Sharing by the hero's side His fall, his exile, and his grave. ON THE STAR OF "THE LEGION OF HONOUR." [FROM THE FRENCH.] 1. STAR of the brave!-whose beam hath shed Such glory o'er the quick and dead— Thou radiant and adored deceit ! Which millions rush'd in arms to greet, Wild meteor of immortal birth! Why rise in Heaven to set on Earth? 2. Souls of slain heroes form'd thy rays; 3. Like lava roll'd thy stream of blood, 4. Before thee rose, and with thee grew, Of three bright colours, (9) each divine, For Freedom's hand had blended them, Like tints in an immortal gem. 5. One tint was of the sunbeam's dyes; |