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Robert Southey - Inscription 04 - For The Apartment In Chepstow-Cas
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For thirty years secluded from mankind,
Here Marten linger`d. Often have these walls
Echoed his footsteps, as with even tread
He paced around his prison: not to him
Did Nature`s fair varieties exist;
He never saw the Sun`s delightful beams,
Save when thro` yon high bars it pour`d a sad
And broken splendor. Dost thou ask his crime?
He had rebell`d against the King, and sat
In judgment on him; for his ardent mind
Shaped goodliest plans of happiness on earth,
And peace and liberty. Wild dreams! But such
As PLATO lov`d; such as with holy zeal
Our MILTON worshipp`d. Blessed hopes! awhile
From man withheld, even to the latter days,
When CHRIST shall come and all things be fulfill`d.
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