Is there a monument or sculpture of Lord Nelson in Birmingham now?
In the years since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 Admiral Horatio Nelson’s reputation has not been surpassed. . . Many admirals have been compared to him, yet none has ever been set above him. Even Raymond Ames Spruance, who won an overwhelming victory over a superior Japanese force at Midway and went on to win many other great battles of World War II in the Pacific, can never take better than second place, for history tells us Nelson was indeed, an extraordinary man. . . .
In Tribute to Lord Nelson
The price of Victory
In those days of blood and war
We sailed the seas, yes far from shore
We sailed with Nelson out at sea
Aboard that good ship Victory
The French they were now in sight
And eager were we for the fight
Saw dust was then strewn around
In case of blood upon the ground
We headed for their line ahead
And prayed that we would not be dead
With Neptune, Conqueror and Minotaur
We sailed ahead to settle a score
The signal ran up halyards high
The message for to reach the sky
England expects each man this day
His utmost duty to repay
At midday was the battle joined
Royal Sovereign gave first her round
Then at twelve the first shot came
French they tried for Victory’s frame
To back of Bucentaure we slid at last
With ball and shot they hit our mast
Now dead and dying all around
Their blood it now did swamp the ground
But what was Nelson doing there
See medals flash and chest all bare
He looks as though he knows his fate
That he will die, yes on this date
Then we spit at Bucentaure’s back
Now our turn for to attack
With flame and death from our carronade
The French they died at this fusillade
From under deck there came to bare
Our other guns that spit out their wares
Then musket ball was heard to whine
Smashing through good Nelson’s spine
Because of this he did not see
The battle over and his victory
