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!