HARK! from Spain, indignant Spain, Bursts the bold enthusiast strain, Like morning's music on the air, And seems in every note to swear, By Saragossa's ruin'd streets, By brave Gerona's deathful story, That while @3one@1 Spaniard's life-blood beats, That blood shall stain the Conqueror's glory! But ah! if vain the patriot's zeal, If neither valour's force nor wisdom's light Can break or melt that blood-cemented seal, Which shuts so close the book of Europe's right -- What song shall then in sadness tell Of broken pride, of prospects shaded; Of buried hopes, remember'd well, Of ardour quench'd and honour faded? What muse shall mourn the breathless brave, In sweetest dirge at memory's shrine? What harp shall sigh o'er Freedom's grave? O Erin! thine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RETALIATION by OLIVER GOLDSMITH A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON TO MY GRANDMOTHER; SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE BY MR. ROMNEY by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES SONG: THE STRICKEN DEER by THOMAS MOORE THE LOTOS-EATERS by ALFRED TENNYSON TO CHILDREN: 5. DAME HOLIDAY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |