OCCASIONED BY THE BATTLE
OF WATERLOO[166]
(The last six lines intended for an Inscription.)
February, 1816
Composed February 4, 1816.—Published 1816
One of the "Sonnets dedicated to Liberty."—Ed.
Intrepid sons of Albion! not by you
Is life despised; ah no, the spacious earth
Ne'er saw a race who held, by right of birth,
So many objects to which love is due:
Ye slight not life—to God and Nature true;