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CLAUDE MATTHEWS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: STEADFASTLY FROM HIS CHILDHOOD'S
Last Line: BY THIS DIVINE PROMOTION OF HIS DEATH.
Subject(s): DEATH; FATE; TEARS; YOUTH; DEAD, THE; DESTINY;
STEADFASTLY from his childhood's earliest hour --
From simplest country life to state and power --
His worth has known advancement, each new height
A newer glory in his fellow's sight.

So yet his happy fate -- though mute the breath
Of thronging multitudes and thundrous cheers, --
Faith sees him raised still higher, through our tears,
By this divine promotion of his death.



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