Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Spain: Tordesillas | | For a Monument at Tordesillas | | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | | SPANIARD! if thou art one who bows the knee, | |
| Before a despot’s footstool, hie thee hence! | |
| This ground is holy: here Padilla died, | |
| Martyr of Freedom. But if thou dost love | |
| Her cause, stand then as at an altar here, | 5 |
| And thank the Almighty that thine honest heart, | |
| Full of a brother’s feelings for mankind, | |
| Revolts against oppression. Not unheard | |
| Nor unavailing shall the grateful prayer | |
| Ascend; for honest impulses will rise, | 10 |
| Such as may elevate and strengthen thee | |
| For virtuous action. Relics silver-shrined, | |
| And chanted mass, would wake within the soul | |
| Thoughts valueless and cold compared with these. | | | | |
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