Love
They served with Nelson, and with Nelson died
From Poems (1908)
Love
"They served with Nelson, and with Nelson died."
Well was it said, we may not in our pride
Utter the praise of ancestors like these.
Yet may we speak it humbly, on our knees;
For were we silent all, 'tis past a doubt
The very stones against us would cry out.
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Coleridge, Mary E. “They served with Nelson, and with Nelson died.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/132/.
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Coleridge, Mary E. “They served with Nelson, and with Nelson died.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/132/.
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