Oh, is it not a noble thing to die
As dies the Christian, with his armor on! —
What is the hero’s clarion, though its blast
Ring with the mastery of a world, to this?
What are the searching victories of mind —
The lore of vanished ages?—What are all
The trumpetings of proud humanity,
To the short history of him who made
His sepulchre beside the King of kings?
Willis.