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LINES ERECTED ON THE MONUMENT OF ADMIRAL SIR G. CAMPBELL LATELY FINISHED BY MR. CHANTREY, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To him, whose loyal, brave, and gentle heart Last Line: Whilst placing their memorial o'er his dust. Subject(s): Admirals; Monuments | ||||||||
To him, whose loyal, brave, and gentle heart, Fulfilled the hero's and the patriot's part, -- Whose charity, like that which Paul enjoined, Was warm, beneficent, and unconfined, -- This stone is reared: to public duty true, The seaman's friend, the father of his crew; Mild in reproof, sagacious in command, He spread fraternal zeal throughout his band, And led each arm to act, each heart to feel, What British valor owes to Britain's weal. These were his public virtues; -- but to trace His private life's fair purity and grace, To paint the traits that drew affection strong From friends, an ample and an ardent throng, And, more, to speak his memory's grateful claim On her who mourns him most, and bears his name- O'ercomes the trembling hand of widowed grief, O'ercomes the heart, unconscious of relief, Save in religion's high and holy trust, Whilst placing their memorial o'er his dust. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRO PATRIA by CONSTANCE VIRGINIA CARRIER CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CHURCH MONUMENTS by GEORGE HERBERT LINES WRITTEN ON A SEAT ON THE GRAND CANAL, DUBLIN by PATRICK KAVANAGH FOR THE UNION DEAD by ROBERT LOWELL ODE; SUNG BY THE CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS by W. T. ADAMS INSCRIPTIONS: 4 by MARK AKENSIDE EUMARES by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS THE MAUSOLEUM by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN BATTLE OF THE BALTIC by THOMAS CAMPBELL DOWNFALL OF POLAND [FALL OF WARSAW, 1794] by THOMAS CAMPBELL |
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