ENGLAND! the time is come when thou should'st wean <br />Thy heart from its emasculating food; <br />The truth should now be better understood; <br />Old things have been unsettled; we have seen <br />Fair seed-time, better harvest might have been <br />But for thy trespasses; and, at this day, <br />If for Greece, Egypt, India, Africa, <br />Aught good were destined, thou would'st step between. <br />England! all nations in this charge agree: <br />But worse, more ignorant in love and hate, <br />Far--far more abject, is thine Enemy: <br />Therefore the wise pray for thee, though the freight <br />Of thy offences be a heavy weight: <br />Oh grief that Earth's best hopes rest all with Thee!<br /><br />William Wordsworth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/england-the-time-is-come-when-thou-should-st-wean/
