O PEACE! and dost thou with thy presence bless The dwellings of this war-surrounded Isle; Soothing with placid brow our late distress, Making the triple kingdom brightly smile? Joyful I hail thy presence; and I hail The sweet companions that await on thee; Complete my joy--let not my first wish fail, Let the sweet mountain nymph thy favourite be, With England's happiness proclaim Europa's Liberty. O Europe! let not sceptred tyrants see That thou must shelter in thy former state; Keep thy chains burst, and boldly say thou art free; Give thy kings law--leave not uncurbed the great; So with the horrors past thou'lt win thy happier fate! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: TO SLEEP by JOHN KEATS TO-NIGHT by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (2) by WALTER RALEIGH THE MODEST WISH by JOHN BARCLAY (1582-1621) HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 7 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH A POINT OF VIEW by LETITIA A. BRACE DEEDS UNDONE by GAMALIEL BRADFORD OCTOBER XXIX, 1795 (KEATS' BIRTHDAY) by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |