THIS was a man of mighty mould Who walked erewhile our earthly ways, Fashioned as leaders were of old In the heroic days! Mark how austere the rugged height Of brow -- a will not wrought to bend! Yet in the eyes behold the light That made the foe a friend! Sagacious he beyond the test Of quibbling schools that praise or ban; Supreme in all the broadest, best, We hail American. When bronze is but as ash to flame, And marble but as wind-blown chaff, Still shall the luster of his name Stand as his cenotaph! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAISY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS WINTER EVENING by ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN A FARM PICTURE by WALT WHITMAN MIRANDA'S SUPPER (VIRGINIA, 1866) by ELINOR WYLIE EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 24. COMPLIANCE IN LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |