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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLEVELAND, by DAVID BANKS SICKLES
First Line: Grandly through all the changing years
Last Line: He walks with heaven's immortal throng.
Subject(s): Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
First Line: Grandly through all the changing years
Last Line: He walks with heaven's immortal throng.
Subject(s): Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
Grandly through all the changing years
That write contempt on worldly fame,
His name, like God's eternal spheres,
Will shine with undiminished flame.
For like some myriad-minded sage
Of old renowned in classic climes,
He gleamed the wisdom of the age --
A Socrates of modern times.
His sovereign will did ne'er unbend
To fickle fancy's transient sway,
But found the means to gain the end
Of justice in a righteous way.
He sought to mold the minds of men,
For higher thoughts and nobler deeds;
And won the praise of lip and pen,
Despite the clash of human creeds.
With fearless zeal he served the state,
Full-armed to triumph over wrong;
And linked with all that's good and great,
He walks with Heaven's immortal throng.
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