Composed 1816.—Published 1816
[Composed immediately after the Thanksgiving Ode, to which it may be considered as a second part.—I. F.]
One of the "Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces."—Ed.
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"Rest, rest, perturbèd Earth![BJ]
O rest, thou doleful Mother of Mankind!"
A Spirit sang in tones more plaintive than the wind:
"From regions where no evil thing has birth
I come—thy stains to wash away,
Thy cherished fetters to unbind,