Churchill is dead! and in that Word is lost
The bravest Leader of the bravest Host;
A veteran Chief, that in the bloody Field
For forty rolling Years untaught to yield;
Through half the sever’d Globe obtain’d Renown,
And with its brightest Gems adorn’d the British Crown.
Beyond what antient Heroes could atchieve,
Beyond what future Ages will believe,
His Actions rise, by some diviner Grace
Distinguish’d from the Deeds of human Race;
Unnumber’d and unrival’d o’er his Foes
Are the great Conquests, which his Life compose;
Such vast Exploits contribute to his Fame,
So many Lawrels shade his deathless Name,
He looks like Mars, invincible in Fight,
And shines, unsullied with a single Flight.
Heav’n seem’d his matchless Glory to regard,
Which rais’d for such a Chief an equal Bard;
In Addison reviv’d the Mantuan strain,
To sing the Triumphs of but one Campaign;
Whilst in that Verse, which with the
(Nicholas Amhurst)
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