Is there a power that can sustain and cheer <br />The captive chieftain, by a tyrant's doom, <br />Forced to descend into his destined tomb-- <br />A dungeon dark! where he must waste the year, <br />And lie cut off from all his heart holds dear; <br />What time his injured country is a stage <br />Whereon deliberate Valour and the rage <br />Of righteous Vengeance side by side appear, <br />Filling from morn to night the heroic scene <br />With deeds of hope and everlasting praise:-- <br />Say can he think of this with mind serene <br />And silent fetters? Yes, if visions bright <br />Shine on his soul, reflected from the days <br />When he himself was tried in open light.<br /><br />William Wordsworth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/is-there-a-power-that-can-sustain-and-cheer/
