..."Thou art free, / My Country!" But they apply equally to him: he too was "free." It was "enough ... for one hour's perfect bliss, to tread the grass / Of England once again . . . with such a dear Companion at my side." Having left his former dear companion in France, he is...

...before. Europe is yet in bonds; but let that pass, Thought for another moment. Thou are free, My Country! and 'tis joy enough and pride For one hour's perfect bliss, to tread the grass Of England once again . . . The poem exemplifies recurring themes of battle and invasion, on the one hand, contrasted with...