ENSHRINED in glory, as the golden West Receives the sinking day-star to its bed, So sinks the patriot-hero to his rest, And countless blessings crown his honored head. 'Mid hostile armies and exulting strains, He led our eagles through the bristling line, And came, victorious, from his battle-plains, To lay his trophies on his country's shrine. His country's wishes hailed the patriot-chief, And met him glorious with a people's trust, He dies! And mourning with a people's grief, They weep around their father's sacred dust. Peace be with him; no nobler spirit trod The paths of greatness to a hallowed tomb, And o'er the laurel-wreath, that decks his sod, In fresher green eternal olives bloom. And oh, through long-descending years to come, Immortal honors shall attend his name, His country's annals be his memory's home And unborn nations love to speak his fame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEACE; A STUDY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 50. MY LOVE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PIETRO ARETINO by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE A VOICE FOR EDWARD by GLEN BLANCH MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD HAYES: SONG. NIGHT by THOMAS CAMPION |