Poem by Thomas Gent

The Recall of the Hero

        Song

When discord blew her fell alarm
On Gallia's blood-stain'd ground;
When usurpation's giant arm
Enslav'd the nations round:
The thunders of avenging heaven
To Nelson's chosen hand were given;
By Nelson's chosen hand were hurl'd
To rescue the devoted world!

The tyrant pow'r, his vengeance dread,
To Egypt's shores pursued;
At Trafalgar its hydra-head
For ever sunk subdued.
The freedom of mankind was won!
The hero's glorious task was done!
When heaven, oppression's ensigns furl'd,
Recall'd him from the rescued world. 

1. The Heliotrope
2. Mature Reflections
3. The Grave of Dibdin
4. Invocation to Sleep
5. Written on Seeing the Children of the Naval Asylum

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