Ode On the Death of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington
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Trni- Once agile as the bounding Fawn, Once Lion-bold in siege and storm- Now of nuirtial pom]) divest ; With time-blanched head And feeble tread, And ]irideles5 vinmf'dalli"ncd breast, DEATH OF WELLINGTON. I To curtained pew his slow way wending, O'er holy writ his soul now bending ; To lessons, liturgy and psalter, Whispering a deep accord : Anon, at Eucharistic altar. Vowing fealty to his saviour lord. With banquets which Belshazzar's self might sate, - Wlth flagons which the pampered gust m...ight cloy- Ne'er known was he with wine elate- No lenten fare more plain than His : While Ducal splendour graced his Halls, And lit thein up with chastened joy, His chief and cherished aim was this- Though second still to higher pieties- Entire devotion to his country's calls : Exemplar meet, for Tutor and ftr Tauglit, Witli ri])('ncd wortli and wisdom, admii'alily friniglit. 14 ol'K CN I UK ^x' n lliLili-Liiiiloimiit ut ilmt aiiciL'iit I'ort, At Loiult»u'> gates, hv Norman William l)uilt— Tho luilwark uf a ship-thronged port, The State duresse for Traitor guilt : Thoudi somcwhile stained with bad renown Fur pure and prineely blood there s})ilt- Still gunned and girt for nobler feats, If e'er approached by hostile fleets- The proud custodier of Old England's Crowu !
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