War with Tyranny.
The war of arms our tyrants could sustain,1
And laugh behind their shields, assail’d in vain ;2
But armed hosts, nor all their powers combin’d3
Can shield them in the equal war of mind !4
Then wake to energy, ye pow’rs of thought ;5
Weapons, by far more keen than martial spears,6
Lives in the lighting of a mind o’erwrought ;7
Temper’d, not vainly, sure, in misery’s tears !8