| Matthew Arnold (1822–88). The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. 1909. | | | | Sonnet to the Hungarian Nation | | 1849 |
| | [First published in The Examiner, July 21, 1849; not reprinted by the author.]
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NOT in sunk Spain’s prolong’d death agony; | |
| Not in rich England, bent but to make pour | |
| The flood of the world’s commerce on her shore; | |
| Not in that madhouse, France, from whence the cry | |
| Afflicts grave Heaven with its long senseless roar; | 5 |
| Not in American vulgarity, | |
| Nor wordy German imbecility— | |
| Lies any hope of heroism more. | |
| Hungarians! Save the world! Renew the stories | |
| Of men who against hope repell’d the chain, | 10 |
| And make the world’s dead spirit leap again! | |
| On land renew that Greek exploit, whose glories | |
| Hallow the Salaminian promontories, | |
| And the Armada flung to the fierce main. | | | |
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