Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VII. Descriptive: Narrative. 1904. | | | | Descriptive Poems: I. Personal: Rulers; Statesmen; Warriors | | To the Lord-General Cromwell | | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | | 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 | 5 |
| Hast reared God’s trophies, and his work pursued, | |
| While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots inbued, | |
| And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud, | |
| And Worcester’s laureate wreath. Yet much remains | |
| To conquer still; Peace hath her victories | 10 |
| 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. | | | | |
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