A tonsured head in middle age forlorn, Mused, and was mute. On a sudden a low breath In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Then, wondering, ask'd her "Are you from the farm?" That Katie laugh'd, and laughing blush'd, till he Who feels a glimmering strangeness in his dream. "Have you not heard?" said Katie, "we came back. We bought the farm we tenanted before. Am I so like her? so they said on board. Sir, if you knew her in her English days, My mother, as it seems you did, the days ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE WELLINGTON. I. OF B URY the Great Duke an With an empire's lamentation. Let us bury the Great Duke To the noise of the mourning of a mighty nation, Warriors carry the warrior's pall, II. Where shall we lay the man whom we deplore? Here, in streaming London's central roar. Let the sound of those he wrought for, And the feet of those he fought for, Echo round his bones for evermore. III. Lead out the pageant: sad and slow, Let the long long procession go, And let the sorrowing crowd about it grow, IV. Mourn, for to us he seems the last, Our greatest yet with least pretence, O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew! Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor will be seen no more All is over and done: V. Render thanks to the Giver, Let the bell be toll'd. Render thanks to the Giver, And render him to the mould. That shines over city and river, Let the bell be toll'd: And a reverent people behold The towering car, the sable steeds: Bright let it be with its blazon'd deeds, Dark in its funeral fold. Let the bell be toll'd: And a deeper knell in the heart be knoll'd; And the sound of the sorrowing anthem roll'd And the volleying cannon thunder his loss; For many a time in many a clime His captain's-ear has heard them boom When he with those deep voices wrought, Guarding realms and kings from shame; With those deep voices our dead captain taught In that dread sound to the great name, To such a name, Preserve a broad approach of fame, And ever-echoing avenues of song. VI. Who is he that cometh, like an honor'd guest, With banner and with music, with soldier and with priest, With a nation weeping, and breaking on my rest? Mighty Seaman, this is he Was great by land as thou by sea. Thine island loves thee well, thou famous man, The greatest sailor since our world began. Now, to the roll of muffled drums, To thee the greatest soldier comes; Was great by land as thou by sea; Warring on a later day, Round affrighted Lisbon drew The treble works, the vast designs Of his labor'd rampart-lines, Where he greatly stood at bay, Whence he issued forth anew, Again their ravening eagle rose In anger, wheel'd on Europe-shadowing wings, Till one that sought but Duty's iron crown Dash'd on every rocky square 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. So great a soldier taught us there, What long-enduring hearts could do And pure as he from taint of craven guile, O saviour of the silver-coasted isle, O shaker of the Baltic and the Nile, If love of country move thee there at all, A people's voice, |