So gently in peace Alcibiades smiled, While in battle he shone forth so terribly grand, That the emblem they graved on his seal was a child, With a thunderbolt placed in its innocent hand. O Wellington! long as such Ministers wield Your magnificent arm, the same emblem will do; For while they're in the Council and you in the Field, We've the @3babies@1 in @3them@1, and the @3thunder@1 in @3you!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ICHABOD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE SECOND COMING by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE PLOUGHMAN by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE THREE PLEASURES by JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX SYLVANDER TO CLARINDA by ROBERT BURNS SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 25 by BLISS CARMAN |