James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
April 4Peter Cooper
By Joaquin Miller (18411913)
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To this great man gone to rest;
Peace on the dim Plutonian shore,
Rest in the land of the blest.
That ever drew sword in war;
I reckon him nobler than king or khan,
Braver and better by far.
Of hoarding till bent and gray;
For all you can hold in your cold dead hand
Is what you have given away.
Forever hushed and dumb,
He gave with a zest and he gave his best—
Give him the best to come.