Tempest, Act I., Scene 2.
CONTENT? There's many an English heart will hear with fierce amaze
That England lags so far behind in these electric days—
England, whose seamen are her shield, who vaunts in speech and song,
The love she bears her mariners! Wake, CAMPBELL, swift and strong
Of swell and sweep as the salt waves you sang as none could sing!
Rouse DIBDIN, of the homelier flight, but steady waft of wing!
Poetic shades, this question, sure, should pierce the ear of death,
And make ye vocal once again with quick, indignant breath.
Content? Whilst round our rocky coasts the souls who guard them sink,