Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1898 — Mt. Vernon. [ARTICLE]

Mt. Vernon.

Upon the broad Potomac’s shore, Below the city of his name. His ashes rest, who evermore Will live the favorite of fame. He stood the greatest of the great. When giants battled. It was he Who with his sword carved out a Stats And gave a people liberty. He seems to us almost divine, The calm, the brave, the good, the Just. This spot becomes a nation’s shrine. Because It holds his sacred dust. There Is no bound unto his fame, But every land beneath the sun Lends to the general acclaim. Which greets the name of Washington. J. A. EDGEUTON.