IS life worth living? To the querulous cry Let this long record, lately closed, reply! A century of service to mankind! Pessimist cold and cynic blandly blind, 'Tis fitter comment on that query stale Than sneers that pall and arguments that fail. Long in the land his days, whose heart and hand All high and human causes could command; Long in the land his memory will abide His country's treasure and his people's pride. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER IN HELL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE FAT LADY by HAYDEN CARRUTH JAWEH AND ALLAH BATTLE by ALLEN GINSBERG THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS |