FOR me, my friend, if not that tears did tremble In my faint eyes, and that my heart beat fast With feelings which make rapture pain resemble, Yet, from thy voice that falsehood starts aghast, I thank thee -- let the tyrant keep His chains and tears, yea let him weep With rage to see thee freshly risen, Like strength from slumber, from the prison, In which he vainly hoped the soul to bind Which on the chains must prey that fetter humankind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROBERT BROWNING by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR SONNET: FOR INSPIRATION by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI PRAYER OF THE LOST by ALETHEA TODD ALDERSON REMEMBER WITH A SONG by STEWART ATKINS THE LITTLE OLD WOMEN by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |