Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEN MILAM, by WILLIAM H. WHARTON


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BEN MILAM, by                    
First Line: Oft shall the soldier think of thee
Last Line: Linked with undying liberty!
Subject(s): Milam, Benjamin Rush (1788-1835); Texas Revolution (1835-1836)


OFT shall the soldier think of thee,
Thou dauntless leader of the brave,
Who on the heights of Tyranny
Won Freedom and a glorious grave.

And o'er thy tomb shall pilgrims weep,
And pray to heaven in murmurs low
That peaceful be the hero's sleep
Who conquered San Antonio.

Enshrined on Honor's deathless scroll,
A nation's thanks will tell thy fame;
Long as her beauteous rivers roll
Shall Freedom's votaries hymn thy name.

For bravest of the Texan clime,
Who fought to make her children free,
Was Milam, and his death sublime
Linked with undying Liberty!





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