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EPITAPH ON LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU THIRD GREAT CANNING, STAND AMONG OUR BEST
Last Line: WHO WERT THE VOICE OF ENGLAND IN THE EAST.
Subject(s): CANNING, SIR STRATFORD (1786-1880); STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, 1ST VISCOUNT;

THOU third great Canning, stand among our best
And noblest, now thy long day's work hath ceased,
Here silent in our Minster of the West
Who wert the voice of England in the East.





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