CHARACTER of the HAPPY WARRIOR. Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn; Abides by this resolve, and stops not there, In face of these doth exercise a power By objects, which might force the soul to abate Is placable because occasions rise So often that demand such sacrifice; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, 'Tis he whose law is reason; who depends c 5 Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which heaven has join'd With sudden brightness like a Man inspired; Come when it will, is equal to the need: -He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master bias leans To home-felt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Are at his heart; and such fidelity It is his darling passion to approve; More brave for this, that he hath much to love: "Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast: Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or He must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, |