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ON GREENOUGH'S WASHINGTON
Such was the Man!—Simple—Austere—sublime—By every fortune tried—in all unmoved—
Hero—Sage—Patriot—great without a crime
Who conquered freedom for the land he loved:—
And for himself—took nothing—but a Name
That None 'till then—& no one since has won:
Does not the very marble speak his name?
Who dare thus point to Heaven but WASHINGTON[?]
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