Читать книгу Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (With Byron's Biography) - Lord Byron - Страница 164

What! shall it e'er be said by British tongue,dz Albion was happy in Athena's tears? Though in thy name the slaves her bosom wrung, Tell not the deed to blushing Europe's ears; The Ocean Queen, the free Britannia, bears The last poor plunder from a bleeding land: Yes, she, whose generous aid her name endears, Tore down those remnants with a Harpy's hand, Which envious Eld forbore, and tyrants left to stand.ea