A hundred years and more ago
A little child was born --
To-day, with pomp of martial show,
We hail his natal morn.
Who guessed as that poor infant wept
Upon a woman's knee,
A nation from the centuries stept
As weak and frail as he?
Who saw the future on his brow
Upon that happy morn?
We are a mighty nation now
Because that child was born.
To him, and to his spirit's scope,
Besides a glorious home,
We owe that what we have and hope
Are more than Greece and Rome.
Song Composed For Washington's Birthday
Henry Timrod
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Poem topics: future, happy, home, hope, poor, woman, weak, spirit, Valentine's Day, greece, child, nation, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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