...pamphleteers, &c., who have aspersed his memory ; and so doing, we shall see Cromwell as Milton saw him — ' our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only,...faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth his glorious way has ploughed.' Thus Cromwell the Regicide gave place to Cromwell the Hero. The blows...

...Rapine share the land. XVI. To the Lord General CrtmweU. ^ROMWKLI., our chief of men, who through i cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matehless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'ii, And on the neck of crowned...

...valour bleed, While avarice and rapine share the land. XVI. TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL. CROMWII.L, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only , but detractions rude, O aided by faith and matchless fortitude, Tu peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd, . And...

...deserve higher praise. That to Cromwell is a proof how completely our poet maintained the erectness of his understanding and spirit in his intercourse...in power. It is such a compliment as a poet might jmy to a conqueror and head of the state, without the possibility of selfdegradation. " Cromwell, our...

...vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapine share the land. XVI. To the Lord General CROMWELL* CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, in our old poetry. Spenser, Hymne of Heavenly Beautie. Thence gathering plumes of perfect speculation,...

...vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapine share the land. XVI. TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL.* CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not...detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, Topeace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd, And on the neck o£ crowned fortune proud « 8 their]...

...vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapine share the land. XI. To the Lord General Cromwell. CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rnile, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plongh'd,...

...— men whose names shall go down to posterity surrounded by a halo, and crowned by a blessing ! — men ' Who, through a cloud, Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, Have rear'd God's trophies and his work pursued.' It is such who consecrate our native land, and will...

...fraud. In vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapine share the land. TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL. CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud, Not of war only, but detractions rude, Gnided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed, And on...

...comme lieutenant général de Dieu, protecteur de la République. Cromwell , onr chief of men , wbo through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by failh and matchlefs fortitude, To .peace and truth thy glorious waubast plough'd, And on the neck of...