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on Ld Nelson [[underline]] by [[/underline]] Mr Tresham Let meaner mortals seek from breathing Stone To make their valor, & their virtues known; Or vain of wealth, Egyptian like display, Colorful piles, exempt from Time's decay; [[underline]] nelson [[/underline]] enshrin'd in ev'ry feeling heart Smiles at the splendor of recording art. nor parian quarries, nor Corinthian ore Ransack'd to grace Britannia's trophy'd shore Can shed new lustre on the Hero's name Who greatly fell to raise his Country's fame; In death how glorious [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] to the Victor's Eyes, The captur'd fleets, in grand succession rise; Heria bending from her iron coast Shreiks to behold her floating bulwarks lost. And vanquish'd Gaul, stern Ocean's late delight Invokes the tempest to protest her flight
