Most mourns the Man, now gone,
Who gave to Duty an allegiance hearty
As that of WELLINGTON.
Sure "the gaunt figure of the old Field-Marshal"[1]
Would his successor praise;
As modest, as unselfish, as impartial,
Though fallen on calmer days.
No glittering hero, but when England numbers
Patriots of worth and pith,
His name shall sound, who after suffering slumbers,