person in the jewelled vouchers of
his own shining deeds; if thus to
have adorned himself for the altar
and the sacrifice were indeed vainglory, then affectation
and fustian is each more heroic line
in the great epics and dramas, since
in such verse lines the poet but
embodies in verse those exaltations
and sublimities of sentiment that a
nature like Nelson, the opportunity
being given, vitalizes into acts.
his own shining deeds; if thus to
have adorned himself for the altar
and the sacrifice were indeed vainglory, then affectation
and fustian is each more heroic line
in the great epics and dramas, since
in such verse lines the poet but
embodies in verse those exaltations
and sublimities of sentiment that a
nature like Nelson, the opportunity
being given, vitalizes into acts.
person in the jewelled vouchers of
his own shining deeds; if thus to
have adorned himself for the altar
and the sacrifice were indeed vainglory, then affectation
and fustian is each more heroic line
in the great epics and dramas, since
in such verse lines the poet but
embodies in verse those exaltations
and sublimities of sentiment that a
nature like Nelson, the opportunity
being given, vitalizes into acts.
his own shining deeds; if thus to
have adorned himself for the altar
and the sacrifice were indeed vainglory, then affectation
and fustian is each more heroic line
in the great epics and dramas, since
in such verse lines the poet but
embodies in verse those exaltations
and sublimities of sentiment that a
nature like Nelson, the opportunity
being given, vitalizes into acts.
Transcribed by: John Bryant