Here too, in long captivity remain

The hardy warrior, and the nobly brave,

Who dar’d their Country’s battles to sustain

Their honor’d Country’s Liberty to save

But oh! despise not their ignoble toil,

Their loss of Liberty and Life obscure,

Nor proudly hear with a disdainful smile

The dull complaint of the imprison’d poor.

On those who boast of Heraldry and Pow’r

Or all that Pomp and sordid wealth e’er gave,