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Excerpt from Sheen and Shade: Lyrical Poems Inspired a wish to war with all That stood in Freedom's way. We foiled full many Fallacies And routed mighty Wrongs, To Cant and Custom gave the lie As deep as to the lungs, Blew up the forts of Ignorance, Until at length we came To Controversy's citadel, Our birthright there to claim. That province of Opinion, Which Concord ought to rule, Was governed by old Anarchy A heterogeneous fool Its atmosphere - a murky haze, Through which all objects seemed Not what they were, but what men wished With crude Chimeras teemed. To free the lordly Intellect From Superstition's sway, My soul, like some proud battle-steed, Stood panting for the fray. Dark clouds of Persecution broke In thunder o'er my head, And Hate's infernal lightnings flashed A fierce and fiery red. At creeds and codes, at priests and kings, My keenest curse I hurled; With my unerring guide, I swore To face the frowning world. 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. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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