Again the ramparts' loosen'd load Of thunder rends the air! Peal on--such pomp is fitly show'd-- He lands no stranger there. Hear from his lips your language grave In earnest accents fall-- The memories of the home ye gave He hastens to recall-- 'Mid flash of spears and fiery thrill Of trumpets speed him forth, The Master-Mind your Shakspeare still Had loved to draw--that to its will Shapes Fate and Chance with potent skill-- The Numa of the North. VIII. Windsor! henceforth a loftier spell Invests thy storied walls-- The Bards of future years shall tell That first within thy halls Imperial TRUTH and MERCY met, And in that hallow'd hour Gave earth the hope that Peace shall yet Be dear to Kings as Power. When France clasp'd England's hand of old There memory marks the wane Of iron times, the bad and bold;[45] Oh, may our SECOND FIELD of GOLD A portent still more fair unfold Of Wisdom's widening reign! FOOTNOTES: [43] Almost all Blake's great battles were fought in the Channel. One of the most memorable was that off Portsmouth, February 1652. [44] The Princess Marie of Wurtemberg, the most accomplished child of this most accomplished family, and whose beautiful efforts in sculpture and painting are well known, died a year after her marriage, January 2, 1839. [45] The meeting between Francis and Henry took place June 1520, the first great period of civilized progression in Europe--the era of Printing--of Columbus--and of the Reformation. LAMARTINE. It is remarkable, that although England is the country in the world which has sent forth the greatest number of ardent and intrepid travellers to explore the distant parts of the earth, yet it can by no means furnish an array of writers of travels which will bear a comparison with those whom France can boast. In skilful navigation, daring adventure, and heroic perseverance, indeed, the country of Cook and Davis, of Bruce and Park, of Mackenzie and Buckingham, of Burckhardt and Byron, of Parry and Franklin, may well claim the pre-eminence of all others in the world. An Englishman first circumnavigated the globe; an Englishman alone has seen the fountains of the Nile; and, five years after the ardent spirit of Columbus had led his fearful crews across the Atlantic, Sebastian Cabot discovered the shores of Newfoundland, and planted the British standard in the regions destined to be peopled with the overflowing multitudes of the Anglo-Saxon race.