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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWAIN, by HERMAN AUGUSTUS HEYDT
First Line: A mournful dirge, the northwinds sigh
Last Line: Two loving, kind and worthy men!
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement
First Line: A mournful dirge, the northwinds sigh
Last Line: Two loving, kind and worthy men!
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement
A mournful dirge, the Northwinds sigh,
All nature halts in solemn mood,
The Arctic weeps an anguished cry
At Death's grim toll, so stern, so rude.
They stood within the sun's acclaim.
As men of simple, noble worth,
Enhaloed by a brilliant fame,
Which glorified their humble birth.
No Homer, Plato, could excel
The Knowledge of our humankind,
Which dear Will Rogers knew so well,
And spread with kindliness of mind.
How small oft seemed the world-wide girth
To brave and daring Wiley Post,
Who as lone petrel spanned the earth
In humble pride, with ne'er a boast.
But now Aeolus laid grim hold
On those good men in jealous claim,
Who met their fate unflinching, bold,
And us bequeathed an honored name.
We mourn. And poignantly we feel
The grief for him who dropped his pen,
And him who died at pilot's wheel --
Two loving, kind and worthy men!
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