Classic Poem

1.

The deed is done, the end begun;
Slaves, patient long, will yet be men;
The battle of Freetrade is won!
Storm'd, conquer'd is the robber's den!
All praise to them who won the fight;
Thompson, Hume, Villiers, Cobden, Bright!

2.

They shouted, as they storm'd the den,
" No slaves like us the world hath seen;
There are no men like Englishmen;
So task'd and robb'd, as we have been! "
Then, prais'd be they who won the fight;
Hume, Whitmore, Fryer, Cobden, Bright!

3.

They sought the felons in their den,
And shouted over land and sea,
" There are no men like Englishmen,
So wise and good as we will be! "
Then, praise to them who won the fight;
Smith, Thompson, Bowring, Cobden, Bright!