Inscription 04 - For The Apartment In Chepstow-Castle

 For thirty years secluded from mankind,
Here Marten linger'd.
 Often have these walls
Echoed his footsteps, as with even tread
He paced around his prison: not to him
Did Nature's fair varieties exist;
He never saw the Sun's delightful beams,
Save when thro' yon high bars it pour'd a sad
And broken splendor.
 Dost thou ask his crime?
He had rebell'd against the King, and sat
In judgment on him; for his ardent mind
Shaped goodliest plans of happiness on earth,
And peace and liberty.
 Wild dreams! But such
As PLATO lov'd; such as with holy zeal
Our MILTON worshipp'd.
 Blessed hopes! awhile
From man withheld, even to the latter days,
When CHRIST shall come and all things be fulfill'd.

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