“We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning.”

— Charles Wolfe

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About Charles Wolfe

Poet • Irish

Charles Wolfe was an Irish poet and Anglican clergyman, remembered chiefly for his single masterpiece, "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna." Born in County Kildare, Ireland, he attended Trinity College, Dublin,...

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