Hofer : Andreas (1767-1810), Austrian patriot & Tyrolese general, he fought Napoleonic France & Bavaria for two years; he was captured & executed in 1810.
... callous about the extent of the slaughter. But he is never cruel. Napoleon had no taint of Nero in him, but he flung away without a qualm whole armies as holocausts on the altar of his glory; he shot Hofer and murdered Enghien. What then is there Page 519 in the Rakshasa that makes him necessary? He is individuality, he is force, he is capacity; he is the second power of God, wrath, strength ...
... salt floods assuaged The Persian's lust of rule. Miltiades Is grown your brother; the strong Tyrolese Hold out their hands to you across the grave. From Rouen's burning pile one watches; brave Hofer from sad Verona; in eastern skies Mewar's unconquerable Rajpoots rise. They too preferred strong liberty and rude To a splendid ignominy of servitude. For liberty they gave to alien hands Their ...
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