The Story of Peterloo - Written for the Centenary, August 16, 1919 #246020

Men of England, heirs of Glory,<br>Heroes of unwritten story,<br>Nurslings of one mighty Mother,<br>Hopes of her, and one another;<br><br>Rise like Lions after slumber<br>In unvanquishable number,<br>Shake your chains to earth like dew<br>Which in sleep had fallen on you -<br>Ye are many - they are few.<br><br>Let a great Assembly be<br>Of the fearless and the free<br>On some spot of English ground<br>Where the plains stretch wide around.<br><br>Let the laws of your own land,<br>Good or ill, between ye stand<br>Hand to hand, and foot to foot,<br>Arbiters of the dispute,<br><br>The old laws of England - they<br>Whose reverend heads with age are gray,<br>Children of a wiser day;<br>And whose solemn voice must be<br>Thine own echo - Liberty!<br><br>- From Shelley's "Mask of Anarchy," which was written to commemorate Peterloo.