Great in council and great in war,
Foremost captain of his time.
Source: Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, 4
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, (Aug 6 1809-1892), English poet; He was the Poet Laureate, 1850-92 who wrote Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 and Idylls of the King, 1885.