Lord Randolph Churchill.
Born, February 13, 1849.
Died, January 24, 1895.
Gone!—like a meteor whelmed in night,
Who should have shone as fame's fixed star!
Unwelcome loss, when sons of light
So few and so infrequent are.
To flare athwart the startled sky,
A prodigy portentous, fills
The vision of the vulgar eye,