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SONNET.
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TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
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SONNET. VI. TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
1834.
How shall we honour thee enough—Oh! thouOn whom Fame hath no new Wreaths to bestow—
Who hath reaped such thick thick laurels, that below
No leaf remains for thee to cull—whose brow
Is blazoned by a deathless palmy bough,
And crowned with Victory's crown—and yet not so
Art thou Content! but with a Patriot's glow
Of bright and fervid zeal, dost thou avow
Thyself the foremost in the ranks of those
Who labour for their Country's Weal, her true
And generous Liegeman!—that doth scorn repose
With loftiest discontent, while to toil through
Steep Action's paths, can one bright hope disclose
Of good, which may to others thence accrue!
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