Wolfe, : James (1727-59), British soldier who was given the command of an expedition against Quebec which he himself had urged. He took 5,000 men in boats down the St. Lawrence by night. He was victorious, but in the hour of victory he fell.
... national ideals have been bold and high, not because of her parish work and municipalities. He was no fool or Utopian who wished to be the maker of songs for his country rather than its law giver. Wolfe had Gray's "Elegy" recited to him on his death Page 880 bed, and said he would rather be the author of these lines than the captor of Quebec. These are the utterances of great workers and ...
... inspired or less inspired but different types of perfect inspiration. Byron's famous stanzas beginning She walks in beauty like the night are flawless in their own manner, while Humbert Wolfe brings another mode of sight, speech and rhythm equally flawless: Thus it began. On a cool and whispering eve When there was quiet in my heart she came, and there was an end of quiet ...
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