| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | August 30 | | Convention of Cintra | | By William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | | The treaty between the French and English concluded on August 30, by the terms of which the French evacuated Portugal. |
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NOT ’mid the world’s vain objects that enslave | |
| The free-born Soul—that World whose vaunted skill | |
| In selfish interest perverts the will, | |
| Whose factions lead astray the wise and brave— | |
| Not there; but in dark wood and rocky cave, | 5 |
| And hollow vale which foaming torrents fill | |
| With omnipresent murmur as they rave | |
| Down their steep beds, that never shall be still: | |
| Here, mighty Nature! in this school sublime | |
| I weigh the hopes and fears of suffering Spain; | 10 |
| For her consult the auguries of time, | |
| And through the human heart explore my way; | |
| And look and listen—gathering, whence I may, | |
| Triumph, and thoughts no bondage can restrain. | | | |
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