He made us Freemen of the Continent, Whom Nature did like Captives treat before, To nobler Preys the English Lyon sent, And taught him first in Belgian walks to roar.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He made us Freemen of the Continent, Whom Nature did like Captives treat before, To nobler Preys the English Lyon sent, And taught him first in Belgian walks to roar." in the context of "John Dryden, 'An Elegy on the Usurper O.C.' (1681)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.