. Maud, Locksley hall, and other poems . hateful, monstrous, not to be told ;And hail once more to the banner of battle unrolld !Tho many a light shall darken, and many shall weepFor those that are crushd in the clash of jarring claims,Yet Godsjust wrath shall bewreakdonagiantliar ;And many a darkness into the light shall shine in the sudden making of splendid names,And noble thought be freer under the sun,And the heart of a people beat with one desire;For the peace, that I deemd no peace, is over and now by the side of the Black and the Baltic deathful-grinning mout
. Maud, Locksley hall, and other poems . hateful, monstrous, not to be told ;And hail once more to the banner of battle unrolld !Tho many a light shall darken, and many shall weepFor those that are crushd in the clash of jarring claims,Yet Godsjust wrath shall bewreakdonagiantliar ;And many a darkness into the light shall shine in the sudden making of splendid names,And noble thought be freer under the sun,And the heart of a people beat with one desire;For the peace, that I deemd no peace, is over and now by the side of the Black and the Baltic deathful-grinning mouths of the fortress, flamesThe blood-red blossom of war with a heart of fire. Let it flame or fade, and the war roll down like a have proved we have hearts in a cause, we are noble still, Maud; A Jl/onodrarna. And myself have awaked, as it seems, to the better mind ;It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill;I have felt with my native land, I am one with my kind,I emVjrace the pnrpose of God, and the doom POEMS. THE TALKING OAK. Once more the gate behind me falls; Once more before my faceI see the moulderd Abbey-walls, That stand within the chace. Beyond the lodge the city lies,Beneath its drift of smoke ; And ah ! with what delighted eyesI turn to yonder oak. For when my passion first began,Ere that, which in me burnd, The love, that makes me thrice a man,Could hope itself retumd ; To yonder oak within the field I spoke without restraint,And with a larger faith appeald Than Papist unto Saint. (85) r^; p
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