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‘Sword and spear he might not wield,

But with faith his heart to shield,

Marched he to the battle-field.’—[‘Paradisus Animæ.’]

And so I close with like verses by leal-hearted Sir Egerton Brydges:

‘His tongue, the Spirit’s two-edged sword,

Had magic in its blade;

For while it smote with every word,

It healed the wounds it made.

Yet, who so humbly walked as he,

A conqueror in the field;

Wreathing the rose of victory

Around his radiant shield!’

Alexander B. Grosart.

Liverpool.