(@3On the 150th anniversary of his aid to America@1) West Point has many monuments of note But that of Kosciusko towers high: A mighty base, and pointing toward the sky A Doric column on which chisels wrote: "The great and good." What tightens in your throat As eager eyes scan that beloved face -- Our hero and the hero of his race. Oh high bronze figure -- sword that never smote Except in freedom's cause! It was refused To Russia, lest its purpose be abused; Copernicus was born on that same plane That gave to Kosciusko vital breath; With Washington, he fought with sword and brain And in the land of William Tell ... met death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THANKSGIVING IN BOSTON HARBOR [JUNE 12, 1630] by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION AN ELEGY UPON THE DEATH OF DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by THOMAS CAREW VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1876 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI DEATH'S JEST-BOOK by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES NORTHERN LIGHTS by EINAR BENEDIKTSSON SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 68 by BLISS CARMAN |