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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LORD WELLINGTON AND THE MINISTERS, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: So gently in peace alcibiades smiled
Last Line: We've the babies in them, and the thunder in you!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Wellesley, Arthur (1769-1852); Wellington, Duke Of
First Line: So gently in peace alcibiades smiled
Last Line: We've the babies in them, and the thunder in you!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Wellesley, Arthur (1769-1852); Wellington, Duke Of
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 babies in them, and the thunder in you!
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