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Thread #166286   Message #4052561
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
15-May-20 - 04:29 AM
Thread Name: Peterloo 200th anniversary
Subject: RE: Peterloo 200th anniversary
Sam Bamford was dramatically arrested after Peterloo;

The order was given to move; my wife burst into tears. I tried to console her: said I should soon be with her again. I ascended into the street, and shouted "Hunt and liberty!" "Hunt and liberty!" responded my brave little helpmate, whose spirit was now roused. One of the policemen, with a Pistol in his hand, swearing a deep oath, said he would blow out her brains if she shouted again. " Blow away!" was the reply. "Hunt and liberty! Hunt for ever!"

Bamford was imprisoned in Lincoln Castle for twelve months;

Lines, Addressed To My Wife From The King's Bench Prison, May 15, 1820

I never will forget thee, love!
Though in a prison far I be;
I never will forget thee, love!
And thou wilt still remember me!

I never will forget thee, love!
When wakes on me the morning light;
And thou shalt ever present be,
When cometh down the cloud of night!

I never will forget thee, love!
When summer sheds her golden ray;
And thou shall be my comforter
Amid the winter's cheerless day!

Oh! they may bind but cannot break,
This heart, so full of thine and thee;
Which liveth only for YOUR sake,
And the high cause of LIBERTY!