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IN MEMORIAM: W.G. WARD, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, whose like on earth I shall not find
Last Line: How loyal in the following of thy lord!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Catholics; Ward, William George (1812-1882); Roman Catholics; Catholicism


FAREWELL, whose like on earth I shall not find,
Whose Faith and Work were bells of full accord,
My friend, the most unworldly of mankind,
Most generous of all Ultramontanes, Ward,
How subtle at tierce and quart of mind with mind,
How loyal in the following of thy Lord!







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