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Sonnet to the Prince Regent. on the Repeal of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's Forfeiture

Lord Byron·1788–1824
Lines:14Movement:Romanticism
To be the father of the fatherless, To stretch the hand from the throne's height, and raise _His_ offspring, who expired in other daysTo make thy Sire's sway by a kingdom less,--_This_ is to be a monarch, and repress Envy into unutterable praise. Dismiss thy guard, and trust thee to such traits,For who would lift a hand, except to bless? Were it not easy, Sir, and is't not sweet To make thyself belovéd? and to beOmnipotent by Mercy's means? for thus Thy Sovereignty would grow but more complete,A despot thou, and yet thy people free, And by the heart--not hand--enslaving us.