For ages past our admirals brave Pre-eminent have stood; And, spite of all the world, have held The mast’ry of the flood, Howe, Duncan, Hood, And Collingwood, Long triumphed o’er the main; While Nelson’s name, So dear to Fame!— We may never see their like again The headpiece, a sketch by Mr W.L. Wyllie, R.A., is printed by permission of the Art Union of London, 112 Strand. |