FEELINGS OF A FRENCH ROYALIST,[172]

On the Disinterment of the Remains of The Duke D'Enghien

Composed 1816.—Published 1816.

One of the "Sonnets dedicated to Liberty."—Ed.

Dear Reliques! from a pit of vilest mould

Uprisen—to lodge among ancestral kings;

And to inflict shame's salutary stings

On the remorseless hearts of men grown old

In a blind worship; men perversely bold