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Cromwell’s letzte Nacht

[110] Cromwell’s letzte Nacht.

     Mir sagt’s nicht nur des Arztes ernste Miene,
Selbst fühl’ ich’s, meine...

Poet: Theodor Fontane
To the Lord-General Cromwell

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
Hast reared God’s trophies, and his...

Poet: John Milton
Horatian Ode upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland
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Poem on the Death of Oliver Cromwell

Cromwell is dead, and risen; and dead again,

And risen the third time after he was slain

No wonder! For he’s messenger of Hell:

And now he buffets us, now posts to tell

What’s past; and for one more game new counsel takes
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