| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | June 17 | | Addison | | By Elisabeth J. Eames |
| | | | Joseph Addison, a famous English essayist, poet and statesman, died June 17, 1719. |
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THOU too, art worthy of all praise, whose pen, | |
| “In thoughts that breathe, and words that burn,” did shed | |
| A noontide glory over Milton’s head— | |
| He, “prince of poets”—thou, the prince of men: | |
| Blessings on thee, and on the honored dead! | 5 |
| How dost thou charm for us the touching story | |
| Of the lost children in the gloomy wood— | |
| Haunting dim memory with the early glory | |
| That in youth’s golden years our hearts imbued. | |
| From the fine world of olden poetry, | 10 |
| Lifelike and fresh, thou bringest forth again | |
| The gallant heroes of an earlier reign, | |
| And blend them in our minds with thoughts of thee, | |
| Whose name is ever shrined in old-world memory. | | | |
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