A Dedication

Lucian B. Watkins 1879 (Chesterfield, Virginia) – 1921



To you who now so nobly do
     A noble deed;
Who now instill the virtues true
    To virtuous need;
Whose mission is so truly good—
So full of kindly brotherhood—
Who live the life you surely should—
     A trusty lead;

Who early saw that skillful head
     And skillful hands
Should, surely, be in union wed
    'Gainst life's quicksands—
For people whose unhappy state
Was, surely, in the hands of fate,
Would make a combination great
    As iron hands.

Long may your daring presence live
     And works instill,
Long may your kingly reasons give
    A forceful will.
Long may your glowing, useful days
Shine forth their bright illuming rays,
And to gloomy lives always
    A happy thrill.
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020

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Scheme ABABCCCD DEDEFFFE XGXGHHHG
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Characters 694
Words 116
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8

Lucian B. Watkins

Lucian B. Watkins was born in Chesterfield, Virginia in 1879. The author of Voices of Solitude (Donahue & Company, 1903), he worked as a teacher and served in World War I. He died in 1921. more…

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