CHAPTER V. THE DORIANS

Land of the lordly mien and iron frame!

Where wealth was held dishonour, Luxury’s smile

Worse than a demon’s soul-destroying wile!

Where every youth that hailed the Day-God’s beam,

Wielded the sword, and dreamt the patriot’s dream;

Where childhood lisped of war with eager soul,

And woman’s hand waved on to glory’s goal.

—Nicholas Michell.