The Visionary A Fragment: With Other Poems. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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SONNET.
V.
TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
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SONNET. V. TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
1834.
Great Leader! thou who, as the wide world knows,Preserved our England in the troublous Past—
(What time rang loud the Red Destroyer's blast)—
From threatening, hating, fierce and fiery foes,
And gave her unto Peace and bright repose,
While before thee, those foes cowered down aghast,
Complete thy task, the glorious and the vast—
Though heavier, and more complex still it grows!
She tottereth—Oh! prevent her from the fall—
Strengthen—uphold her, fix her firm and fast.
To thee we turn—on thee, on thee we call:
Thou that deliveredst her from scathe and waste—
Render the noblest service now of all—
Save her—Oh! save her from Herself at last!
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