Excerpt from And Other Poems To the Memory of Joseph Priestley He trod the lonely path of truth and light; He saw, beyond the shadow of his land, A gallant people hold with single hand The world at bay, for liberty and right, And bade her speed. For this, while very night Blushed to behold, the brainless rabble-band, To please our bigot sires, with impious brand Devoured his home and drave him from their sight. Discloser of the secret of the wind, We, who repenting of that dastard flame Have learnt with late remorseful bays to bind Thy marble brow, our glory and our shame, Are twice partakers of our father's blame, If to strange lights we too are proud and blind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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