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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CAPTAIN H--D, OF THE 65TH REGIMENT, by PHILLIS WHEATLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Say, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight
Last Line: Britannia glories in no son like you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Peters, Phillis
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Mortality
First Line: Say, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight
Last Line: Britannia glories in no son like you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Peters, Phillis
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Mortality
SAY, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight
The warrior's bosom in the fields of fight?
Lo! here the christian and the hero join
With mutual grace to form the man divine.
In H----D see with pleasure and surprise,
Where valour kindles, and where virtue lies:
Go, hero brave, still grace the post of fame,
And add new glories to thine honour'd name,
Still to the field, and still to virtue true:
Britannia glories in no son like you.
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