The Virginians of the Valley
By Francis Orray Ticknor (1822-1874) |
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THE KNIGHTLIEST of
the knightly race
That, since the days of old,
Have
kept the lamp of chivalry
Alight in hearts of gold;
The kindliest of the kindly band
That, rarely hating
ease,
Yet rode with Spotswood round the land,
And
Raleigh round the seas;
Who climbed the blue
Virginian hills
Against embattled foes,
And planted
there, in valleys fair,
The lily and the rose;
Whose
fragrance lives in many lands,
Whose beauty stars the
earth,
And lights the hearths of happy homes
With
loveliness and worth.
We thought they slept!�the sons
who kept
The names of noble sires,
And slumbered while
the darkness crept
Around their vigil fires;
But aye
the "Golden Horseshoe" knights
Their old Dominion keep,
Whose foes have found enchanted ground,
But not a knight
asleep. |
By
Francis Orray Ticknor (1822-1874)
Listed September 26, 2013
This 1800s poem honors the men of
Virginia for serving
in the military and defending the
state.
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