Joanna Baillie - Sonnet, Written Off Cefallonia, 1820 lyrics

ONCE more, ye Pleiads of the Ionian deep, Welcome! in misty distance, 'midst the roar Of warring waves and winds, that fiercely sweep The giant barriers of the Locrian shore! The struggling beams of infant light ye shed, Seem lovelier far, tho' timorously bright, Oh! may they light the inevitable storm, And shine, e'er long, the morning star of Greece: Britannia! shield young Freedom's shrinking form; Protect in war, and educate in peace. Amidst the gloom which Othman's race has spread, The lengthen'd darkness of that wint'ry night, Welcome, ye Pleiads! may your orient ray Become the sun of Greece, the dawn of Day!