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ON A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Poet Analysis

First Line: BY ART'S BOLD PRIVILEGE WARRIOR AND WARHORSE STAND
Last Line: CONQUEROR, 'MID SOME SAD THOUGHTS, DIVINELY BLEST!
Subject(s): HAYDON, BENJAMIN ROBERT (1786-1846); WATERLOO; WELLESLEY, ARTHUR (1769-1852); BATTLE OF WATERLOO; WELLINGTON, DUKE OF;

BY Art's bold privilege Warrior and War-horse stand
On ground yet strewn with their last battle's wreck;
Let the Steed glory while his Master's hand
Lies fixed for ages on his conscious neck;
But by the Chieftain's look, though at his side
Hangs that day's treasured sword, how firm a check
Is given to triumph and all human pride!
Yon trophied Mound shrinks to a shadowy speck
In his calm presence! Him the mighty deed
Elates not, brought far nearer the grave's rest,
As shows that time-worn face, for he such seed
Has sown as yields, we trust, the fruit of fame
In Heaven; hence no one blushes for thy name,
Conqueror, 'mid some sad thoughts, divinely blest!





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