George Washington
by
John Hall Ingham (1860-1931) |
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THIS was the man God gave us when the hour
Proclaimed
the dawn of Liberty begun;
Who dared a deed, and died
when it was done
Patient in triumph, temperate in power,�
Not striving like the Corsican to tower
To heaven, nor
like great Philip's greater son
To win the world and weep
for worlds unwon,
Or lose the star to revel in the
flower.
The lives that serve the eternal verities
Alone do mould mankind. Pleasure and pride
Sparkle awhile
and perish, as the spray
Smoking across the crests of
cavernous seas
Is impotent to hasten or delay
The
everlasting surges of the tide. |
By John Hall Ingham (1860-1931)
Listed January 1, 2013 |
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