It’s an extract from The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written
after the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/poetryofhistory/pip/ngwhb/ for the full text
and some historical background.
Best wishes.
Cynthia
Workforce Development Officer
Museums, Libraries and Archives East Midlands
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Leicester
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Fax 0116 285 1351
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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the eight other regional
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