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Epitaph
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On the Duke of Wellington's Charger, “Copenhagen,” so named from the circumstance of his having been foaled in the year of that battle. He was buried at Strathfieldsaye, February, 1836.
War's funeral honours to his dust decreed;
A foal when Cathcart overpower'd the Dane,
And Gambier's fleet despoil'd the northern main,
'Twas his to tread the Belgian field, and bear
A mightier chief to prouder triumphs there!
Let Strathfieldsaye to wondering patriots tell
How Wellesley wept when “Copenhagen” fell.
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