The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-15
GROVER CLEVELAND.
fPoem read by Richard Watson Glider
ct the memorial gathering In Nav York.
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He shrank from praise. this sinple-hearted
Therefo,e we praise him, Yet. as he would
Chiefly our praise not Tor d things he
But for his spirit In doing. All. grsat
And hnanblel Great n simple heart. for
Tho homage We may not withholdi strong
Thou brave and faithful servant Of the
state.
Who labored day and night in little things,
No less than large. for the loved country's
with patient hand that plodded While
Who flung TO the winds preferment and
Daring to put clear truth to the ,perilous
Fearing no seattle II but the people gained,
Yes. h~apppiest he when. plain in All mems
He turned contemptuous from the lure q
Squirting the laurel that should crown
soiied by surrender and a perjured soul.
The Rs s 9 Never once his faith was
In them his countrynen; all, never once:
For II doubt shook him, twas but q feet
ing mood;
Though others wavered, v wavered he.
IhouEh like 9 food. swept Ger
This way, now that: though love Of pelf
subdued
The civic conscience, still he held his faith,
Unfaitering, in mans true-heartedness.
And In the final Judgment OF free men.
III.
Firm with the powerful. gentle with the
His was the sweetness OF the strong! His
voice
Took tenderness in speech with little folk,
And he was pitiful OF man and brute.
80, for the struggle with high things OF
He strengthened his own heart with
His own heart strengthened for stern
That, fashioned in the secret place OF
And in the lonely and the silent shrine
or conscience, came momentous on the
world.
Built stronger the foundations Of the
Upheld the word OF honor, no whit less
'Twixt nation and nation than 'twixt mar
and man;
Held righteousness the one law OF the
world,
And higher set the hopes OF all mankind.
Lonely the heart that listens to no voice
Save that OF Duty; lonely he how oft
When, turning from the smooth, advised
He climbed h chill and solitary way;
Wondering that any wondered. when Sc
The f IiSas tina 'sa-'hs light Of psrfse'
And passion for the right. that fire o,
Wherein self dies, and only truth lives on
Lonely now OFT when, with the states
He waited for the fullness of the time,
And wrought the good he willed by SLOW
And in due order conquered wrong OF
wrong.
Lonely how oft when mid dark disesteen
te moved straightforward TO a longed-fol
Doing each day the best he might, witt
vision
Firm fxt above. kept pure by pure intent
v.
OF the world,
To interpose against blind currents Of fate
Against the bursting storm a front o,
calm;
AS. when h Atlantic RACES. some sterr
Hurls back the tempest and the ponderou.
wave
30 stood he firm when lesser wills wer.
SO he endured when others failed and fell
Bearing, in silent suffering, the stress,
The blame. the burden Of the fateful day
vi.
So single and so simple was his mind.
80 unperturbed by learned subtleties,
And SO devout Of Justice and the right
His thought. his act, held something o.
the prime:
The wide. sure vision OF the ancient day
prophetic; even a touch OF natures force
Large. elemental, healing; builded well
On the deep bases OF humanity.
VII.
0 strong oak rivenl o tower OF defense
Fallen! o captain OF the hosts strucl
down!
Q cries Of Notwithstanding swift
To sounds of triumph and great victories
For into the hands of one Of humble sou
Great trust was laid, and he that trus'
fulfilled.
SO he who died accomplished might,
deeds,
And he who fought has won the infnit,
And sleeps enshrined IN his own people,
hearts,
And in the praise of nations and the world
And rests immortal among the imnorta
Great.
by Richard Watson Glider.