Poetry in 19th Century Newspapers (1)

After the death of the Duke of Wellington on 14 September 1852, Martin Tupper wrote his 'Dirge for Wellington'; this was published on the 9 October 1852 in the Isle of Wight Observer, the first of 23 verses being:

“A voice of lamentation
From the Islands of the Sea!
Alas, thou sorrowing Nation
Bereav’d – Alas for Thee!
The wail of a mother
Weeping for her son, -
When shall she bear another
Like that Illustrious One!”