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Show AT WASHINGTON'S TOMB Where rhododendrons drowse and willows weep. And frail forget-me-nots their charms reveal; Through moss and foliage, making mute appeal; Where sapphire waters, purling, coil and creep. And evermore a murmurous vigil keep; Where elegies through leafy arches steal, j Chanted by birds the lordly oaks conceal; A king, uncrowned, is throned in dream- less sleep. -V " Jf I . ' i - - i Oh, thou, ihe foremost o thy country's brave. Resting serenely in this garden spot; Who to the nation glorious serv:ce gave, Whose splendid deeds shall never be forgot; We view with reverence, thy r.'t rravc . And kiss, with tears. th pare '; .:- ; x; r.ct |