POEMS WRITTEN IN 1819 LINES WRITTEN DURING THE CASTLEREAGH ADMINISTRATION I CORPSES are cold in the tomb Stones on the pavement are dumb Abortions are dead in the womb, And their mothers look pale, like the death-white shore Of Albion, free no more. II Her sons are as stones in the way They are masses of senseless clay They are trodden and move not away III Then trample and dance, thou Oppressor! Thou art sole lord and possessor Of her corpses, and clods, and abortions— Thy path to the grave. pave Lines written during the Castlereagh Administration. Medwin, 1832 || England, Harvard MS. Published by Medwin, The Athenæum, December 8, 1832. i. 4 death-white, Harvard MS., Frederickson MS. || white, Medwin, 1832. IV Hearest thou the festival din Of Death and Destruction and Sin, And Wealth crying, Havoc! within? 'Tis the Bacchanal triumph that makes truth dumb, Thine Epithalamium. V Ay, marry thy ghastly wife! Let Fear and Disquiet and Strife Spread thy couch in the chamber of Life; Marry Ruin, thou Tyrant! and Hell be thy guide To the bed of the bride! SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND I MEN of England, wherefore plough iv. 1 festival, Harvard MS., Frederickson MS., Mrs. Shelley, 18391 || festal, Medwin, 1832. iv. 4 that, Frederickson MS. | which, Harvard MS., Medwin, 1832. v. 2 Disquiet, Frederickson MS., Harvard MS., Mrs. Shelley, 18391 || Disgust, Medwin, 1832. v. 4 Hell, Frederickson MS. || God, Harvard MS., Medwin, 1832. 5 the bride, Harvard MS., Frederickson MS., Mrs. Shelley, 18391 || thy, Harvard MS. cancelled, Medwin, 1832. Song: To the Men of England. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18391. Wherefore weave with toil and care II Wherefore feed, and clothe, and save, Those ungrateful drones who would III Wherefore, Bees of England, forge IV Have ye leisure, comfort, calm, V The seed ye sow, another reaps; VI Sow seed, but let no tyrant reap ; |