{By right or wrong, for better or for worse,}
Friends to the people, what care ye the while
Tho’ toil-worn genius want a cheering smile
And far-fetched truth be dried up at her source?
MS.
“BLEST STATESMAN HE, WHOSE MIND’S UNSELFISH WILL”
Composed 1838.—Published 1838
One of the “Sonnets dedicated to Liberty and Order.”—Ed.
Blest Statesman He, whose Mind’s unselfish will