SELECTIONS IN ENGLISH POETRY
Such a war had such a close.
Again their ravening eagle rose
In anger, wheel'd on Europe-shadowing wings, uo
And barking for the thrones of kings;
Tilf one that sought but Duty's iron crown
On that loud sabbath shook the spoiler down:
A day of onsets of despair!
Dash'd on every rocky square 125
Their surging charges foam'd themselves away;
Last, the Prussian trumpet blew ;
Thro' the long-tormented air
Heaven flash'd a sudden jubilant ray,
And down we swept and charged and overthrew. 130
So great a soldier taught us there,
What long-enduring hearts could do
In that world's earthquake, Waterloo!
Mighty Seaman, tender and true,
And pure as he from taint of craven guile, 135
O saviour of the silver-coasted isle,
O shaker of the Baltic and the Nile,
If aught of things that here befall
Touch a spirit among things divine,
If love of country move thee there at all, 140
Be glad, because his bones are laid by thine!
And thro* the centuries let a people's voice
In full acclaim,
A people's voice,
The proof and echo of all human fame, ,45
A people's voice, when they rejoice
A civic revel and pomp and game,
Attest their great commander's claim
With honour, honour, honour, honour to him,
Eternal honour to his name.