The Grave of the Last Saxon; Or, the Legend of the Curfew. : a Poem.
The Grave of the Last Saxon; Or, the Legend of the Curfew. : a Poem.
Bowles William Lisle
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Ring o'er the dying ; saw, with all its towVs,, • A city blazing to the midnight sky. And mangled groups of miserable men, Gasping or d^ad, whilst with his iron heel Digitized by VjOOQIC CANTO I- THE LAST SAXON. 35 He s^daah'd the blood beneath ! How changed the scene ! The sun^s last light upon the battl^nents, The sea, the landscape, the peace-breathii^ air, Bemember^d both, of the departed hours Of early life, isrhen once they had a hom£, A COUNTRY, where thieir father wore a crown. What dba...i^es since that lime, for them, and all They Wed! how many found an early grave. Cut off by the red sword ! how many mourned. Scattered by various fates, thmugh disftant lands ! How desolate their own poor country^' bound By the Oppressor's chain 1 As thoughts like these Arose, the belk of rural Nevilth
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