  II THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND THE CIVIL WAR III THE SECOND CIVIL WAR AND THE DEATH OF THE KING V THE COMMONWEALTH AND PROTECTORATE Transcriber’s Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. OLIVER CROMWELL. OLIVER CROMWELLBY THEODORE ROOSEVELT ILLUSTRATED CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK 1900 Copyright, 1900, by Charles Scribner’s Sons TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith, and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth, thy glorious way hast ploughed, And on the neck of crownÈd fortune proud Hast reared God’s trophies, and his work pursued, While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots imbrued, And Dunbar field, resounds thy praises loud, And Worcester’s laureate wreath. Yet much remains To conquer still; Peace hath her victories No less renowned than War: new foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw. —Milton. Executive Chamber, Albany, June, 1900. |
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