Death & Dying
In Memoriam: George Warrington Steevens
From Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses
Death & DyingHistory & Politics
London, December 10, 1869.
Ladysmith, January 15, 1900.
We cheered you forth--brilliant and kind and brave.
Under your country's triumphing flag you fell.
It floats, true Heart, over no dearer grave--
Brave and brilliant and kind, hail and farewell!
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MLA
Henley, William Ernest. “In Memoriam: George Warrington Steevens.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/henley/189/.
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Henley, William Ernest. “In Memoriam: George Warrington Steevens.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/henley/189/.
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