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THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. |
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THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.
1844.
Oft have I seen a vessel on her track
Cleaving the waves, and spreading all her sail,
As birdlike she would fly before the gale;
That met by adverse storms and beaten back
Skilful would shift her course, and turn and tack
This way and that, still earnest not to fail
Press for the port, and spite of storms prevail.
And lo a statesman, who the power doth lack
His onward path undevious to pursue;
And ever and anon he seems to veer
Wide of the goal, which still he keeps in view,
And whither strives with all his might to steer:
Beset by faction, to his country true,
Him his great heart doth on his journey cheer.
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