FOOTNOTES:
[242] 1837.
Substance she seem'd (and that ... 1822.
II
PATRIOTIC SYMPATHIES
Last night, without a voice, that Vision spake
Fear to my Soul, and sadness which might seem[243]
Wholly[244] dissevered from our present theme;
Yet, my belovèd Country! I partake[245]
Of kindred agitations for thy sake; 5
Thou, too, dost visit oft[246] my midnight dream;
Thy[247] glory meets me with the earliest beam
Of light, which tells that Morning is awake.
If aught impair thy[248] beauty or destroy,
Or but forebode destruction, I deplore 10
With filial love the sad vicissitude;
If thou hast[249] fallen, and righteous Heaven restore
The prostrate, then my spring-time is renewed,
And sorrow bartered for exceeding joy.
FOOTNOTES:
[243] 1845.
... this Vision spake
Fear to my Spirit—passion that might seem 1822.
... this Vision spake
Fear to my Soul, and sadness that might seem 1837.
[244] 1827.