English poem
Epigram On Hearing Of The Burning Of Moscow
by Thomas Oldham (1816–1878)
May European Liberty In Moscow's flames her torch relume! And Gallic Tyranny In Moscow's ruins find a tomb! * * * * * Locke says—the soul may slumber;— Lavater says—the soul is seen Reflected in the mien;— The last assertion true, Proofs of the first we view In faces without number.
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