GREENWICH HOSPITAL. William Lisle Bowles Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street... 1855 pp. 95-96.

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GREENWICH HOSPITAL . Come to these peaceful seats , and think no more Of cold , of midnight watchings , or the roar Of Ocean , tossing on his restless bed ! Come to these peaceful seats , ye who have bled For honour , who have traversed the great flood , Or on the battle's front with stern eye stood , When rolled its thunder , and the billows red Oft closed , with sudden flashings , o'er the dead ! Oh , heavy are the sorrows that beset Old age ! and hard it is — hard to forget The sunshine of our youth , our manhood's pride ! But here , O aged men ! ye may abide Secure , and see the last light on the wave Of Time , which wafts you silent to your grave ; Like the calm evening ray , that smiles serene Upon the tranquil Thames , and cheers the sinking scene .