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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539662" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Burial of Mr. Gladstone</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alas! the people now do sigh and moan<br>For the loss of Wm. Ewart Gladstone,<br>Who was a very great politician and a moral man,<br>And to gainsay it there's few people can. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 19th of May,<br>When his soul took its flight for ever and aye,<br>And his body was interred in Westminster Abbey;<br>But I hope his soul has gone to that Heavenly shore,<br>Where all trials and troubles cease for evermore. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was a man of great intellect and genius bright,<br>And ever faithful to his Queen by day and by night,<br>And always foremost in a political fight;<br>And for his services to mankind, God will him requite. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The funeral procession was affecting to see,<br>Thousands of people were assembled there, of every degree;<br>And it was almost eleven o'clock when the procession left Westminster Hall,<br>And the friends of the deceased were present- physicians and all. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A large force of police was also present there,<br>And in the faces of the spectators there was a pitiful air,<br>Yet they were orderly in every way,<br>And newspaper boys were selling publications without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Present in the procession was Lord Playfair,<br>And Bailie Walcot was also there,<br>Also Mr Macpherson of Edinboro-<br>And all seemingly to be in profound sorrow. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The supporters of the coffin were the Earl Rosebery,<br>And the Right Honourable Earl of Kimberley,<br>And the Right Honourable Sir W. Vernon he was there,<br>And His Royal Highness the Duke of York, I do declare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">George Armitstead, Esq., was there also,<br>And Lord Rendal, with his heart full of woe;<br>And the Right Honourable Duke of Rutland,<br>And the Right Honourable Arthur J. Balfour, on the right hand;<br>Likewise the noble Marquis of Salisbury,<br>And His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, of high degree. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And immediately behind the coffin was Lord Pembroke,<br>The representative of Her Majesty, and the Duke of Norfolk,<br>Carrying aloft a beautiful short wand,<br>The insignia of his high, courtly office, which looked very grand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the procession arrived at the grave,<br>Mrs Gladstone was there,<br>And in her countenance was depicted a very grave air;<br>And the dear, good lady seemed to sigh and moan<br>For her departed, loving husband, Wm. Ewart Gladstone. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on the opposite side of her stood Lord Pembroke,<br>And Lord Salisbury, who wore a skull cap and cloak;<br>Also the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Rutland,<br>And Mr Balfour and Lord Spencer, all looking very bland. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the clergy were gathered about the head of the grave,<br>And the attention of the spectators the Dean did crave;<br>Then he said, &quot;Man that is born of woman hath a short time to live,<br>But, Oh, Heavenly Father! do thou our sins forgive.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Mrs Gladstone and her two sons knelt down by the grave,<br>Then the Dean did the Lord's blessing crave,<br>While Mrs Gladstone and her some knelt,<br>While the spectators for them great pity felt. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The scene was very touching and profound,<br>To see all the mourners bending their heads to the ground,<br>And, after a minute's most silent prayer,<br>The leave-taking at the grave was affecting, I do declare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Mrs Gladstone called on little Dorothy Drew,<br>And immediately the little girl to her grandmamma flew,<br>And they both left the grave with their heads bowed down,<br>While tears from their relatives fell to the ground. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Immortal Wm. Ewart Gladstone! I must conclude my muse,<br>And to write in praise of thee my pen does not refuse-<br>To tell the world, fearlessly, without the least dismay,<br>You were the greatest politician in your day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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For the loss of Wm. Ewart Gladstone,
Who was a very great politician and a moral man,
And to gainsay it there's few people can. 

'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 19th of May,
When his soul took its fligh..."></div>
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