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While in the forests of thine Alpine land , On in its caves reclin'd , Mourning the woes and perils of thy band , Thou sat ' st and pined , From a far island of the sea
There rose an earnest cry to thee , And Wickliffe called upon thy name . Swift thou didst take thy flight , And arm him with thy might . He saw thee plant thy foot upon the strand , And gather round thee an adventurous band , Strengthened to bear the torture and the flame . And from that hour ' twas thine to tend
Thy saints and martyrs , and to lend Power to the faint , and to the worn repose . 'Twas thine to make them smile amidst their pain , To wipe the dews of anguish from their brows , Till Milton rose , Thy great High-Priest , the Prophet of thy universal reign .
He saw thy slaughtered saints uplift their eyes To thee , and raise to thee their latest cries : And thou didst touch his li p s with fire , Red from the altar of that sacrifice :
And in his hallowed hands didst place thy lyre . When in the still midnight , He sang thy beauteous might , And call'd upon thee , knowing thou wert nigh : Thou could'st not then thy voice refrain , From echoing back his lofty strain , And pouring on his ear thy heavenly harmony . Hark ! on the quivering wire ,
The high-wrought tones expire , While the rapt prophet listens to thy voice , Swelling afar , or breathing near , to bid his soul rejoice . But other realms now own thy sway . The glimmering dawn has brightened into day . And where the chariot of the sun
Reposes when the day is done , A mighty land hath ta ' en thee for her own . There thou hast fixed thy steadfast throne , There driven afar Thy radiant car , Before whose conquering wheels the tyrants bow them down . To thee the western nations turn .
With love for thee their bosoms burn ; They court thy smile , and fear thy frown , And gaze with awe on thy resplendent crown . But there are lands still wrapt in shades of night ; Lands where , in happier days , Sages and heroes found an honoured tomb . No ray is there but the infernal light
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42 Ode to Religious Liberty .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1829, page 42, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2568/page/42/
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