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What does it mean?
The speaker questions who qualifies as a happy warrior worthy of emulation.
In plain terms
Who is the happy warrior everyone admires?
What can you take from it?
Identify the traits of an ideal warrior.

Where it applies

  • leadership
  • moral courage
  • self-reflection

Putting it to work

  • character building
  • mentoring
  • goal setting

Questions to consider

  • What makes a hero?
  • Can warriors be happy?

Another view

Warrior imagery may not fit all contexts.

More from William Wordsworth

  1. Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!

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  2. Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain.

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  3. Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.

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