John Morley: “It is hardly in human nature, in spite of Charles V., Sulla, and some other historic persons, to lay down power beyond…”

There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.

But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.

Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.