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LORD WELLINGTON AND THE MINISTERS by THOMAS MOORE

First Line: SO GENTLY IN PEACE ALCIBIADES SMILED
Last Line: WE'VE THE BABIES IN THEM, AND THE THUNDER IN YOU!
Subject(s): WELLESLEY, ARTHUR (1769-1852); WELLINGTON, DUKE OF;
So gently in peace Alcibiades smiled,
While in battle he shone forth so terribly grand,
That the emblem they graved on his seal was a child,
With a thunderbolt placed in its innocent hand.

O Wellington! long as such Ministers wield
Your magnificent arm, the same emblem will do;
For while they're in the Council and you in the Field,
We've the @3babies@1 in @3them@1, and the @3thunder@1 in @3you!@1



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