Charles Sumner

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&nbsp Garlands upon his grave,
&nbsp And flowers upon his hearse,
And to the tender heart and brave
&nbsp The tribute of this verse.

&nbsp His was the troubled life,
&nbsp The conflict and the pain,
The grief, the bitterness of strife,
&nbsp The honor without stain.

&nbsp Like Winkelried, he took
&nbsp Into his manly breast
The sheaf of hostile spears, and broke
&nbsp A path for the oppressed.

&nbsp Then from the fatal field
&nbsp Upon a nation's heart
Borne like a warrior on his shield!—
&nbsp So should the brave depart.

&nbsp Death takes us by surprise,
&nbsp And stays our hurrying feet;
The great design unfinished lies,
&nbsp Our lives are incomplete.

&nbsp But in the dark unknown
&nbsp Perfect their circles seem,
Even as a bridge's arch of stone
&nbsp Is rounded in the stream.

&nbsp Alike are life and death,
&nbsp When life in death survives,
And the uninterrupted breath
&nbsp Inspires a thousand lives.

&nbsp Were a star quenched on high,
&nbsp For ages would its light,
Still travelling downward from the sky,
&nbsp Shine on our mortal sight.

&nbsp So when a great man dies,
&nbsp For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him lies
&nbsp Upon the paths of men.

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