Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By John KendrickBangs1499 May 30, 1893
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That ’t was not part of Nature ’s own sweet way,
Laid many a hero cold and stark in death,
Had come to play among the grassy spears,
Had left a wreath of wild flowers over one
It was to die unknown and rest forgot?