WHAT title best befits the man We hold our first American? Or Statesman; Soldier; Hero; Chief, Whose Country is his first belief: Or sanest, safest Leader; or True Patriot; or Orator, Heard still at Inspiration's height, Because he speaks for truth and right; Or shall his people be content With Our Republic's President, Or trust his ringing worth to live In song as Chief Executive? Nay -- his the simplest name -- though set Upon him like a coronet, -- God names our first American The highest, noblest name -- The MAN. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD [JUNE 23, 1780] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM by EDGAR ALLAN POE TO MRS. MARTHA BLOUNT (ON HER BIRTHDAY, 1723) by ALEXANDER POPE SONNET: 3 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A PICTURE AT NEWSTEAD by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE CROSS TRIUMPHANT by HARRY HOWE BOGERT THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: SILENCE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |