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IN MEMORIAM: W.G. WARD by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FAREWELL, WHOSE LIKE ON EARTH I SHALL NOT FIND
Last Line: HOW LOYAL IN THE FOLLOWING OF THY LORD!
Subject(s): CATHOLICS; WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882); ROMAN CATHOLICS; CATHOLICISM;

FAREWELL, whose like on earth I shall not find,
Whose Faith and Work were bells of full accord,
My friend, the most unworldly of mankind,
Most generous of all Ultramontanes, Ward,
How subtle at tierce and quart of mind with mind,
How loyal in the following of thy Lord!





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