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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GROVER CLEVELAND, by JOEL BENTON Poet's Biography First Line: Bring cypress, rosemary and rue Last Line: Where washington and lincoln are. Subject(s): Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) | |||
BRING cypress, rosemary and rue For him who kept his rudder true; Who held to right the people's will, And for whose foes we love him still. A man of Plutarch's marble mold, Of virtues strong and manifold, Who spurned the incense of the hour, And made the nation's weal his dower. His sturdy, rugged sense of right Put selfish purpose out of sight; Slowly he thought, but long and well, With temper imperturbable. Bring cypress, rosemary and rue For him who kept his rudder true; Who went at dawn to that high star Where Washington and Lincoln are. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLEVELAND by WILLIAM GOLDSMITH BROWN THE SCARLET TANAGER by JOEL BENTON A KISS - BY MISTAKE by JOEL BENTON THE SACHEM OF THE CLOUDS (A THANKSGIVING LEGEND) by ROBERT FROST THE DARKEST HOUR; OXFORD, 1917 by GEORGE SANTAYANA ONE AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF by KAREN SWENSON GRAMERCY PARK by SARA TEASDALE |
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