Robert E. Lee
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
O Robert Lee, you paladin,
I wonder how my words would strike you.
I know the portrait might have been
In many, many ways more like you.
But you would not have had me plan
To make your figure more heroic;
For you would rather be a man
Than just a marble hearted stoic.
And I can often hear you say,
When they condemn and when they flatter,
In your divinely tender way,
'Good friend, it really doesn't matter.'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 406 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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