The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
Original Text
The Poems of Henry Van Dyke (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911): 166. PS 3115 A2 1911 Robarts Library.
2The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell':
3Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,
4And rides through hell to save his country's life.
Notes
1] William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-91), American general. Augustus St. Gaudens created the Sherman Monument in bronze, which was unveiled in 1903 in New York City at the Grand Army Plaza. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1911
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1999.
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