# AS THE GREEK'S SIGNAL FLAME.

[For Whittier's 80th birth-day, December 17th, 1887.]

As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told,
(Tally of many a hard-strain'd battle, struggle, year --trium-
phant only at the last,)

Rose from the hill-top, like applause and glory,
Welcoming in fame some special veteran, hero,
With rosy tinge reddening the land he'd served,
So I aloft from Mannahatta's ship-fringed shore,
Lift high a kindled brand for thee, Old Poet.

WALT WHITMAN.

WILL WHITMAN

Lift high a kindled brand for thee, Old Post,
So I shall from Mannahatta's ship-firing shore,
With rosy tinges reddening the land he'd served,
Welcoming in fame some special veteran, here,
Rose from the hill-top, like an applause and glory,
Phantom only at the last.)

(Tally of many a hard-strained battle, struggle, year—trium-
As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told.)

[No. Whittier's 80th birthday. December 17th, 1887.]

AS THE GREEK'S SIGNAL FLAME.