Man's unconquerable mind

A late walk up Little Mell Fell after generally fafffing about

I was watching the programme on the Caribbean, and the plight of Haiti in particular, and was prompted to revisit Wordsworth's poem ...

To Toussaint l'Ouverture - William Wordsworth

TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men!
Whether the whistling rustic tend his plough
Within thy hearing, or thy head be now
Pillowed in some deep dungeon’s earless den—
O miserable chieftain! where and when
Wilt thou find patience? Yet die not; do thou
Wear rather in thy bonds a cheerful brow.
Though fallen thyself, never to rise again,
Live and take comfort. Thou hast left behind
Powers that will work for thee—air, earth, and skies.
There’s not a breathing of the common wind
That will forget thee. Thou hast great allies;
Thy friends are exultations, agonies,
And love, and man’s unconquerable mind.