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(DIED MARCH 27, 1900)
With those that bred, with those that loosed the strife, / He had no part whose hands were clear of gain; / But subtle, strong, and stubborn, gave his life / To a lost cause, and knew the gift was vain.
Later shall rise a people, sane and great, / Forged in strong fires, by equal war made one; / Telling old battles over without hate -- / Not least his name shall pass from sire to son.
He may not meet the onsweep of our van / In the doomed city when we close the score; / Yet o'er his grave -- his grave that holds a man -- / Our deep-tongued guns shall answer his once more!