Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you— Ye are many— they are few.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “The Mask of Anarchy,” stanza XXXVIII; Hutchinson edition (1914); Full stanza in a poetic address introduced as though spoken by the personified Earth. Written after Peterloo in1819; first published1832. Original capitalization and wording retained.
- “The Mask of Anarchy,” stanza XXXVIII; Hutchinson edition (1914)
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