At midnight, in his guarded tent,
The Turk was dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent,
Should tremble at his power:
In dreams, through camp and court, he bore
The trophies of a conqueror;
In dreams his song of triumph...
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[At Laspi—Ancient Platæa—August 20, 1823] AT midnight, in his guarded tent, |