Siege Of Vienna Raised By John Sobieski

FEBRUARY 1816

  Oh, for a kindling touch from that pure flame
  Which ministered, erewhile, to a sacrifice
  Of gratitude, beneath Italian skies,
  In words like these: 'Up, Voice of song! proclaim
  'Thy saintly rapture with celestial aim:
  'For lo! the Imperial City stands released
  'From bondage threatened by the embattled East,
  'And Christendom respires; from guilt and shame
  'Redeemed, from miserable fear set free
  'By one day's feat, one mighty victory. 10
  '--Chant the Deliverer's praise in every tongue!
  'The cross shall spread, the crescent hath waxed dim;
  'He conquering, as in joyful Heaven is sung,
  'HE CONQUERING THROUGH GOD, AND GOD BY HIM.'

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