Unflinching hero, watchful to foresee br And face thy country's peril wheresoe'er, br Directing war and peace with equal care, br Till by long toil ennobled thou wert he br Whom England call'd and bade "Set my arm free br To obey my will and save my honour fair," -- br What day the foe presumed on her despair br And she herself had trust in none but thee: br br Among Herculean deeds the miracle br That mass'd the labour of ten years in one br Shall be thy monument. Thy work was done br Ere we could thank thee; and the high sea swell br Surgeth unheeding where thy proud ship fell br By the lone Orkneys, at the set of sun.