Nor will I fear that thou, so far apart,

So dear to me, so fair, and so benign,

Wilt un-desire the fealty of a heart

Which evermore is pledg'd to thee and thine,

And turns to thee, in regions where thou art,

To hymn the praises of thy face divine!


X.
BYRON.

He was a god descended from the skies

To fight the fight of Freedom o'er a grave,