Henry Newbolt (Генри Ньюболт)

On Spion Kop

Foremost of all on battle's fiery steep
  Here VERTUE fell, and here he sleeps his sleep.*
A fairer name no Roman ever gave
  To stand sole monument on Valour's grave.

* Major N. H. Vertue, of the Buffs, Brigade-Major to General
Woodgate, was buried where he fell, on the edge of Spion Kop,
in front of the British position.

Henry Newbolt’s other poems:

  1. The Death of Admiral Blake
  2. The Quarter-Gunner’s Yarn
  3. For a Trafalgar Cenotaph
  4. The Gay Gordons
  5. The Non-Combatant




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