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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ULYSSES GRANT, by RUTH WINSLOW GORDON
First Line: A village lad
Last Line: Carved on the keystone of our unity.
Subject(s): Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885)
First Line: A village lad
Last Line: Carved on the keystone of our unity.
Subject(s): Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885)
A village lad
Who walked the village way.
Work, play, and school
Followed day after day,
And in obeying thus he learned to rule.
A quiet man,
A soldier tried and true
Who would not yield
Till our red, white, and blue
Floated o'er northern hill and southern field.
A man of war
Whose great desire was peace,
And yet life brought
Battles that did not cease
Until the last long fight with death was fought.
Ulysses Grant!
A man who sought no fame,
Nor dreamed that he
Should leave a deathless name
Carved on the keystone of our unity.
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