AMERICA has nourished wiser sons, More cultured men have graced her halls of state But Roosevelt she destined to be great, And he is now among her deathless ones. Smooth words he scorned, hypocrisy he spurned; The truth to him was as a fiery sword; He stood a mighty prophet of the Lord To scourge the wrong, though flames about him burned, His judgment erred, his conscience never failed; Through fateful nights, within his dauntless heart The great light gleamed which was of him a part; His courage waxed when lesser spirits quailed. Through all the years shall live this sovereign man. Stout heart, high mind, great-souled American. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SELLING HER ENGAGEMENT RING by KAREN SWENSON SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 2. IN CHURCH by THOMAS HARDY LOVE IS LIKE A DIZZINESS by JAMES HOGG IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE by RUDYARD KIPLING SCHOOL AND SCHOOLFELLOWS; FLOREAT ETONA by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED FOUR LITTLE FOXES by LEW SARETT |