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William Wordsworth - On A Celebrated Event In Ancient History
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A ROMAN Master stands on Grecian ground,
And to the people at the Isthmian Games
Assembled, He, by a herald`s voice, proclaims
THE LIBERTY OF GREECE:--the words rebound
Until all voices in one voice are drowned;
Glad acclamation by which air was rent!
And birds, high-flying in the element,
Dropped to the earth, astonished at the sound!
Yet were the thoughtful grieved; and still that voice
Haunts, with sad echoes, musing Fancy`s ear:                
Ah! that a `Conqueror`s` words should be so dear:
Ah! that a `boon` could shed such rapturous joys!
A gift of that which is not to be given
By all the blended powers of Earth and Heaven.
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