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ory of a mind equipped with rare
accomplishments and of a char-
acter whose influence could not cease
with his demise.
"Yes, the grave hath quenched that
eye, and
Death's relentless frost,
Withered that arm: but the unfading fame
*
* * the remembrance
With which the happy spirit contemplates
Its well-spent pilgrimage on earth,
Shall never pass away."
ODE FOR STANTON
DAY.*
Written by Prof. George C. S. Southworth
and read at the celebration
at Kenyon College, 26th April, 1906, in
memory of her distinguished
son, Edwin McMasters Stanton.
I.
Statesman and Jurist, entered into rest
What time our grand Republic loosed her
helm
After the toils of war! Among the blest
None shines more radiant in the heavenly
realm
Than he, whose name our laureate honors
overwhelm.
STANTON, the patient, fiery, masterful
and bold,
Persistent, wielding freedom's sword of
flame,
Man cast in the Arthurian, knightly mold
Whose blazon vibrates from the trump of
fame
Down the resounding avenues of time the
same.
As some fair star ascends the arch of
night,
While round the pole the constellations
wheel,
His good report mounts brighter and more
bright,
Resplendent in the galaxy of commonweal:
Beside his tomb a reverent people kneel.
II.
His perfect courage in that hour awoke
When craven counsels paralyzed the arm
* See article on Edwin M. Stanton by
Andrew Carnegie, page 291
supra.