Poems on domestic circumstances ; containing 'Fare thee well', 'A sketch from private life', and ... other ... poems. To which are prefixed memoirs of the life of the author ... / by the Rev. J. Nightingale.

  • Lord Byron
Date:
1816
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Credit: Poems on domestic circumstances ; containing 'Fare thee well', 'A sketch from private life', and ... other ... poems. To which are prefixed memoirs of the life of the author ... / by the Rev. J. Nightingale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Never yet was heard such thunder As then shall shake the world with wonder— Never yet was seen such lightning As o’er heaven shall then be bright’ning! With that youthful chief competed? Who could boast o’er France defeated Till lone tyranny commanded ? Till goaded by ambition’s] sting, The Hero sunk into the King? The Chief has fallen, but not by you, Vanquishers of Waterloo ! When the soldier citizen, Swayed not o’er his fellow men— Save in deeds that led them on Where glory smil’d on Freedom’s son— Who of all the despots banded, Then he fell—so perish all, Who would men by man enthrall! And thou too of the snow-white plume! Whose realm refus’d thee even a tomb;* Better had’st thou still been leading France o’er hosts of hirelings bleeding, Than sold thyself to death and shame For a meanly royal name; Such as he of Naples wears, Who thy blood-bought title bears.— • Murat’s remains are said to have been torn from the grave and burnt.