Are plied relentless; in the straining jaws
The wrenching instruments with barbarous force
Give the detested food th' unwilling course.
But vain are torments; fenced by deathless bounds
Beyond the reach of chains, of racks, of wounds,
'Midst adamantine bulwarks thron'd serene,
Immortal Freedom holds superior reign;
Smiles from the heights of his eternal tower
On tyrant's malice, and oppression's power.
In the thick gloom of yonder pensive shade,