BRING cypress, rosemary and rue For him who kept his rudder true; Who held to right the people's will, And for whose foes we love him still. A man of Plutarch's marble mold, Of virtues strong and manifold, Who spurned the incense of the hour, And made the nation's weal his dower. His sturdy, rugged sense of right Put selfish purpose out of sight; Slowly he thought, but long and well, With temper imperturbable. Bring cypress, rosemary and rue For him who kept his rudder true; Who went at dawn to that high star Where Washington and Lincoln are. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE IRISH RAPPAREES; A PEASANT BALLAD OF 1691 by CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY THE BARD; A PINDARIC ODE by THOMAS GRAY THE SABBATH MORNING by JOHN LEYDEN THE BIGLOW PAPERS. 2D SERIES. THE COURTIN' by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 6. THE KISS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |