Thomas Campbell war ein schottischer Dichter. Lord Byron schätzte Campbells Werke höher als die von Wordsworth oder Coleridge. Wikipedia
“Oh leave this barren spot to me!
Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!”
The Beech Tree's Petition http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/41515, st. 1
“Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”
Part I, line 7
Pleasures of Hope (1799)
“While the battle rages loud and long,
And the stormy winds do blow.”
Stanza 1
Ye Mariners of England http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Campbell/ye%20mariners_of_england.htm (1800)
