William Wordsworth’s ‘London, 1802’, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45528/london-1802

in Italian or Petrarchan sonnet form, bemoans English society’s moral degradation and the deleterious effects of the Industrial Revolution. Wordsworth nostalgically calls on John Milton, poet and civil servant (1608-1674) to as it were, restore England to her former glory.

By way of contrast, having...

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The European champions 

Hold the world in their hands

Bring it home

Bring it home

Comes the chant from the stands

The breath of England 

Heaves shallow in wait

But, these Lionesses 

Are the key to our fate 

They have passion & strength

And a will to achieve 

Each heart & each soul 

Worn firmly on sleeve

For 57 years 

We've huffed & we've puf...

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