| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 806. Peter Cooper |
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| GIVE honor and love for evermore | |
| To this great man gone to rest; | |
| Peace on the dim Plutonian shore, | |
| Rest in the land of the blest. | |
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| I reckon him greater than any man | 5 |
| That ever drew sword in war; | |
| I reckon him nobler than king or khan, | |
| Braver and better by far. | |
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| And wisest he in this whole wide land | |
| Of hoarding till bent and gray; | 10 |
| For all you can hold in your cold dead hand | |
| Is what you have given away. | |
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| So whether to wander the stars or to rest | |
| Forever hushed and dumb, | |
| He gave with a zest and he gave his best— | 15 |
Give him the best to come.
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