When the assault was intended to the City

Captain or Colonel, or Knight in arms,
Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize,
If ever deed of honour did thee please,
Guard them, and him whitin protect from harms:
He can requite thee, for he knows the charms
That call fame on such gentle acts as these:
Whatever clime the sun´s bright circle warms.
Lift not thy spear agaisnt the Muses´bow´r
The great Emaphian conqueror bid spare
The house of Pindarus, when temple and tow´r
Went to the ground; and the repeted air
Of sad Electra´s poet had the power
To save th´ Athenian walls from ruin bare

MILTON (Sonnet)