Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CALVIN COOLIDGE, 1872-1933: 3. HIS GRAVE, by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON


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CALVIN COOLIDGE, 1872-1933: 3. HIS GRAVE, by                    
First Line: Back to the rock-ribbed mountains of vermont
Last Line: His manhood, wearied, found its loved retreat.
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933); Death; Graves; Graveyards; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones


Back to the rock-ribbed mountains of Vermont ...
A silent man among his native hills;
Unmoved alike by over-praise or taunt,
Mob-violence, group-thinking, stubborn ills.
His might have been a shrine in Arlington
Among the mighty, visited by throngs,
His simple choice was, that his day's work done,
He lie with Father ... son, where wild bird songs
And mountain pines should sound his requiem;
Where speckled trout flash past remembered nooks;
Of alder thickets where the ruffed grouse drum
And scraggly clumps conceal the nests of rooks.
Among the haunts which knew his boyhood feet
His manhood, wearied, found its loved retreat.





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