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PARAPHRASE ON THE INSCRIPTION UPON THE STATUE OF SIR T. D. ACLAND, BART.
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PARAPHRASE ON THE INSCRIPTION UPON THE STATUE OF SIR T. D. ACLAND, BART.
ERECTED IN HIS HONOUR DURING HIS LIFETIME, UPON THE NORTHERNHAY, AT EXETER.
The Inscription.
“Præsenti tibi maturos largimur honores.”
Slay for the Hero at the set of sun,
But make no offering till the day is done:
Who knows what gloom may touch the warrior's name—
What gathering clouds may quench his burning fame?
But make no offering till the day is done:
Who knows what gloom may touch the warrior's name—
What gathering clouds may quench his burning fame?
But, for the Acland, let yon statue rise,
While yet he breathes, a living sacrifice:
Make the full memory of his manhood known,
And its firm Christian mould survive in stone!
While yet he breathes, a living sacrifice:
Make the full memory of his manhood known,
And its firm Christian mould survive in stone!
1863.
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