Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da aka mamaye Bastille
a lokacin juyin juya halin Faransa da kuma hallaka a watan Yuli na 1789, da yawa 'yan siyasa masu sassaucin ra'ayi a Birtaniya sun yi bikin. Yaron makaranta Coleridge, musamman, ya karkata zuwa ga ra'ayoyi masu tsattsauran ra'ayi kuma daga baya zai zama mai tsattsauran ra'ayi duk da cewa ra'ayoyinsa a cikin "The Destruction of the Bastile" sun fi dacewa. Ko da yake an rubuta waƙar ne bayan halakar Bastille, ba a buga shi ba har 1834.