LIFE OF NELSON.

BY

ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D.

"Bursting through the gloom
With radiant glory from thy trophied tomb,
The sacred splendour of thy deathless name
Shall grace and guard thy Country's martial fame.
Far-seen shall blaze the unextinguish'd ray,
A mighty beacon, lighting Glory's way;
With living lustre this proud Land adorn,
And shine, and save, through ages yet unborn."
ULM and TRAFALGAR.

NEW EDITION.

TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXVII.

ΤΟ

JOHN WILSON CROKER, ESQ.

LL. D.-F. R. S.

SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY;

WHO,

BY THE OFFICIAL SITUATION WHICH HE SO ABLY

FILLS, IS QUALIFIED TO APPRECIATE

THEIR HISTORICAL ACCURACY;

AND WHO,

AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS, IS

EQUALLY QUALIFIED TO

DECIDE UPON THEIR LITERARY MERITS,

THESE VOLUMES

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY

HIS FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.