Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Thomas WilliamParsons396 Andrew
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Nor cloth of gold, for Duty was his Queen;
But this he knew,—a soul without a spot,
Judgment untarnished, and a conscience clean.
Laborious chieftain! toiling at his lamp;
The children had the splendor of the fight,—
Home was his battle-field, his room the camp.
But with life rounded, all his acts complete;
And seldom History will have to tell
Of one whom Cato could more gladly greet.
Nor will New England let his memory cease;
He was our peacemaker, who mid the storm
Of the great conflict, served the Prince of Peace.