Description:Excerpt from Cincinnati: A Civic OdeBaptismal sponsors gave Her virtuous patronymical and brave, From hoary chronicle and legend caught, And blazon of that laureled son of Mars, Whose purple heraldry of scars, (from fields of valorous duty brought, ) Enriched patrician Rome with dower Of ancient honorable power.The half-tradition old Of Cincinnatus told, Who cast aside the victor's brand and took In peaceful grasp the whetted pruning-hook, And drave the plowshare through the furrowed Was golden legend unto Washington [mold, And his compeers in patriotic arms, Who flung the sword and musket down, (their martial fields of glory won, ) Shouldered the ax and spade, To wage a conquering crusade Against brute forces and insensate foes Besieged the stubborn shade, Subdued their savage farms, Builded the busy town, And bade the desert blossom as the rose.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cincinnati: A Civic Ode (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Cincinnati: A Civic Ode (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Excerpt from Cincinnati: A Civic OdeBaptismal sponsors gave Her virtuous patronymical and brave, From hoary chronicle and legend caught, And blazon of that laureled son of Mars, Whose purple heraldry of scars, (from fields of valorous duty brought, ) Enriched patrician Rome with dower Of ancient honorable power.The half-tradition old Of Cincinnatus told, Who cast aside the victor's brand and took In peaceful grasp the whetted pruning-hook, And drave the plowshare through the furrowed Was golden legend unto Washington [mold, And his compeers in patriotic arms, Who flung the sword and musket down, (their martial fields of glory won, ) Shouldered the ax and spade, To wage a conquering crusade Against brute forces and insensate foes Besieged the stubborn shade, Subdued their savage farms, Builded the busy town, And bade the desert blossom as the rose.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cincinnati: A Civic Ode (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Cincinnati: A Civic Ode (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.