Malvern Hills with Minor Poems, and Essays. By Joseph Cottle. Fourth Edition |
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ON MY VENERABLE GRANDFATHER. |
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VIII. ON MY VENERABLE GRANDFATHER.
AS some brave chief, who oft has bled for fame,
Returns victorious from a last campaign;
His country hails him to his native soil,
And aged honours crown a youth of toil;
So did this veteran once, with steady hand,
Maintain each post where duty bade him stand;
Fought the good fight, and left life's dusty field,
To taste the bliss that heaven alone can yield.
Returns victorious from a last campaign;
His country hails him to his native soil,
And aged honours crown a youth of toil;
So did this veteran once, with steady hand,
Maintain each post where duty bade him stand;
Fought the good fight, and left life's dusty field,
To taste the bliss that heaven alone can yield.
Rejoicing angels led the shining way,
And hymn'd his entrance to celestial day.
“Welcome, blest spirit! to this happy sphere!
“From time's short annal, to th' eternal year!
“From reason's glimmer, to the blaze of truth!
“From age, to flourish in perpetual youth!
“From human conflicts, to th' abodes of peace,
“Where troubles vex not, and where sorrows cease;
“From earth's rough ocean, to the land of rest,
“Lot of the good! for ever to be blest!”
And hymn'd his entrance to celestial day.
“Welcome, blest spirit! to this happy sphere!
“From time's short annal, to th' eternal year!
“From reason's glimmer, to the blaze of truth!
“From age, to flourish in perpetual youth!
“From human conflicts, to th' abodes of peace,
“Where troubles vex not, and where sorrows cease;
“From earth's rough ocean, to the land of rest,
“Lot of the good! for ever to be blest!”
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