Lines, on Hearing of the Conduct of Admiral Duncan
How great was D UNCAN ! when in conquest's hour,
His conscious heart confess'd a higher Pow'r!
Whose noble mind, his God alone cou'd fill,
And ev'n by victory 'twas unconquer'd still!
With glory crown'd, he call'd his valiant crew,
To yield that homage from the Christian due!
There shone the H ERO , in his brightest form,
—He own'd his refuge 'mid the raging storm,
And shew'd his friends—his foes, who yet might live,
A surer harbour than the world can give!
His conscious heart confess'd a higher Pow'r!
Whose noble mind, his God alone cou'd fill,
And ev'n by victory 'twas unconquer'd still!
With glory crown'd, he call'd his valiant crew,
To yield that homage from the Christian due!
There shone the H ERO , in his brightest form,
—He own'd his refuge 'mid the raging storm,
And shew'd his friends—his foes, who yet might live,
A surer harbour than the world can give!
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