[ON A VIEW OF] BARFORD.
(October 11, 1824.)
When we the pictured Forms survey
Of Moated Hall or Castle grey,
Where ruined Walls and Towers declare
What once their noble Masters were—
Barons and Earls who, far from Court,
Prepared to meet their Country’s Foes,
Her lawful Sovereigns to support,
And lawless Tyrants to oppose—