By force and fortune’s right he stands;

By fortune, which is in God’s hands, 35

And strength, which yet shall spring in you.

This voice did on my spirit fall,

Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost,

‘’Tis better to have fought and lost,

Than never to have fought at all.’ 40

Arthur Hugh Clough.

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LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF PEELE CASTLE IN A STORM, PAINTED BY SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT.

I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile!