Unflinching hero, watchful to foresee And face thy country's peril wheresoe'er, Directing war and peace with equal care, Till by long toil ennobled thou wert he Whom England call'd and bade 'Set my arm free To obey my will and save my honour fair'— What day the foe presumed on her despair And she herself had trust in none but thee: Among Herculean deeds the miracle That mass'd the labour of ten years in one Shall be thy monument. Thy work is done Ere we could thank thee; and the high sea-swell Surgeth unheeding where thy proud ship fell By the lone Orkneys, at the set of sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SISTER LOU by STERLING ALLEN BROWN THE RAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A TOWN WINDOW by JOHN DRINKWATER THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES; THE 10TH SATIRE OF JUVENAL, IMITATED by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) HEART AND MIND by EDITH SITWELL TO THE STATES. TO IDENTIFY THE 16TH, 17TH, OR 18TH PRESIDENTIAD by WALT WHITMAN |