ART thou a patriot, traveller? on this field Did Falkland fall, the blameless and the brave, Beneath a tyrant's banners: dost thou boast Of loyal ardour? Hampden perished here, The rebel Hampden, at whose glorious name The heart of every honest Englishman Beats high with conscious pride. Both uncorrupt, Friends to their common country both, they fought, They died in adverse armies. Traveller! If with thy neighbour thou shouldst not accord, In charity remember these good men, And quell each angry and injurious thought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING NOTES FROM ROBIN HILL by HAYDEN CARRUTH ON KEATS, WHO DESIRED THAT ON HIS TOMB SHOULD BE INSCRIBED: by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY DAWN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS SEASIDE THOUGHTS by BERNARD BARTON PSALM 15 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |