“Bury the Great Duke
With an empire's lamentation;
Let us bury the Great Duke
To the noise of the mourning of a mighty nation;
Mourning when their leaders fall,
Warriors carry the warrior's pall,
And sorrow darkens hamlet and hall.”

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson

St. I
Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington (1852)

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British poet laureate 1809–1892

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