BRAVE Nelson ‘s successor in naval command,
The first in the rank of those heroes must stand,
Who are now to pass under review–then bring forth
That once highly reverenc’d god of the north,
Who flourished in Denmark some centuries since,
As a warrior, a poet, a priest, and a prince.
Then turn your attention to Marathon’s field,
Then think on that chieftain whose sword and whose shield
Prov’d the bulwark of Greece, which the proud Persian foe,
Led on by oppression, had sought to lay low.
Mantinea and Leuctra shall also maintain
The rights of their champions, tho’ rank’d with the slain.
While Athena holds forth an illustrious son,
Who at Salamis fought, and the victory won.
To these you must add an Assyrian queen.
Their initials point out, and ’twill quickly be seen,
That the blue vault of heaven still claims your regard:
Now ponder–success will your labours reward.
(Elizabeth Hitchener)
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