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TO CHAMBERLAIN; 'OUR CHIEF OF MEN', by                    
First Line: Thou warwick of our age! Whose puissant arm
Last Line: Thou standest forth the champion of our race.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914); Victory; War


THOU Warwick of our age! whose puissant arm
Can make or unmake Empires; whose starr'd shield
Can turn the fortune of the doubtful field
From dolorous gloom to Victory's heighten'd charm.
Thrice from disruption and from deadly harm
Thou hast deliver'd! knowing when to wield
The sword, and when—far harder task!—to yield
To fierce entreaty or to faction warm.

In thee the Irish rebels met their foil;
Not thee the wily Dopper might outface;
The German found thee native of the soil,
And his "swill'd insolence" to rage gave place.
And now, when most seek ease from strife and toil,
Thou standest forth the champion of our race.





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