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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GEORGE WASHINGTON - A PORTRAIT, by MINNIE PARKER MCCOWN
First Line: We do not think of him as fair of face
Last Line: A soul of adamant, undaunted and sublime.
Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799)
First Line: We do not think of him as fair of face
Last Line: A soul of adamant, undaunted and sublime.
Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799)
We do not think of him as fair of face,
With ostentatious dress in ribboned wig and lace,
But one whose brow was furrowed deep with thought
And scarred with many a battle fought.
His stately mien and austere grace
Hid much of that Titanic force
Which ever gently turned, or backward
Cast in wrath the unceasing tide of wrong.
With men and measures, statesmen, friends,
He urged the cause of right; untimed,
And like the everlasting hills he stands,
A soul of adamant, undaunted and sublime.
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