<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=348271" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnets of the Empire: Nelson</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">White soul of England’s glory, sovereign star! <br>Ne’er shall disaster beat her down, nor shame, <br>While still she sees thee by the leaping flame <br>That kindled o’er Aboukir, near and far, <br>Or feels thee quivering through the onset’s jar <br>That filled the North with fear of England’s name, <br>Or trembles with the joy of all the fame <br>That died and cast out death at Trafalgar. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy name was lightning, and like lightning ay <br>Thine onset shivered, far and swift and fell: <br>Ever thy watchword holds us, and whene’er <br>The fierce Dawn breaks, and far along the sky <br>Roars the last battle, yet with us ’tis well— <br>We keep the touch, thy hand and soul are there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Archibald+Thomas+Strong">Archibald Thomas Strong</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=348271" data-title="Sonnets of the Empire: Nelson de Archibald Thomas Strong" data-description="White soul of England’s glory, sovereign star! Ne’er shall disaster beat her down, nor shame, While still she sees thee by the leaping flame That kindled o’er Aboukir, near and far, Or feels thee quivering through the onset’s jar That..."></div> </div> </div>

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