The Happy Warrior Who is the Happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to ber —It is the generous Spirit, who when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Who, What with a natural instinct to discern knowledge can perform, 1s diligent to learn; —’Tis he whose law is reason; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends; He labors good on good to fix, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows: —Who, if he rise to station Rises by open means; On honorable terms, of command, and there will stand or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait; And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw; Or if an unexpected call succeed, Come when it will, is equal to the need; —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray; while the mortal mist 1s gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven’s applause: This 1s the Happy Warrior; this is he That every man in arins should wish to be. —WILLIAM WoRrDSWORTH. Page Thirty-six _— And