Commend Me To Sterling Honesty Though Clad

In The Lost Battle, Borne Down By The Flying, Where Mingles War's Rattle With Groans Of The Dying.

A Christmas Gambol Oft Could Cheer The Poor Man's Heart Through Half The Year.

Each Age Has Deemed The New-born Year The Fittest Time For Festal Cheer.

Although Too Much Of A Soldier Among Sovereigns, No One Could Claim With Better Right To Be A Sovereign Among Soldiers.

There Never Will Exist Anything Permanently Noble And Excellent In The Character Which Is A Stranger To Resolute Self-denial.