Ay - down to the dust with them, slaves as they are, From this hour, let the blood in their dastardly veins, That shrunk at the first touch of Liberty's war, Be wasted for tyrants, or stagnant in chains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEA SLUMBER-SONG by RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOEL UPON HIS LEAVING HIS MISTRESS by JOHN WILMOT THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER'S COMPLAINT by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 56. AL-WALI by EDWIN ARNOLD EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 12. LIFE FOR LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |