A nobler . . .


IV
AFTER VISITING THE FIELD OF WATERLOO

A wingèd Goddess—clothed in vesture wrought

Of rainbow colours; One whose port was bold,

Whose overburthened hand could scarcely hold

The glittering crowns and garlands which it brought—

Hovered in air above the far-famed Spot.

She vanished; leaving prospect blank and cold

Of wind-swept corn that wide around us rolled