...dishonourable graves, And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough,...ungovernably bold; War in each breast, and freedom on each browr, How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And...

...Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heav'ns ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Hough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast,...each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring;...

...dishonourable graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle...and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolde ! Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring;...

...dishonourable graves, And calmly bent, to servitude conform. Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough,...each brow. How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound, iny genius spreads her wing. And flies where Britain courts the western spring...

...dishonourable graves, And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough,...And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide ; There...

...graves ; And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dnll as their lakes that slumber in the storm. O ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ; Rough, poor,...each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound, tnjr Genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring...

...War in eaeh breast, and freedom on eaeh brow ; — How mueh unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd *#*`/ H/ 0/ eourts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that seorn Areadian pride, And brighter streams than...

...graves, And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heav'ns ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor,...each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring...

...ungovernable ; ' How hardly is the restive unruly will of man first tamed and broke to duty.' SOUTH. Heav'ns, how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold. GOLDSMITH. The unruly respects that which is to be ruled or turned at the instant, and is applicable...

...contrast and need not be stated. The transition from Holland to Britain is in the following lines; !nw unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content,...And flies where Britain courts the western spring. Here the principle of transition is that of resemblance. The tracing of a relation of this kind between...