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A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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A Birthday Tribute To J. F. Clarke |
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Title: A Birthday Tribute To J. F. Clarke Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes [More Titles by Holmes] WHO is the shepherd sent to lead, He who with manliest spirit joins True to all Truth the world denies, Who asks no meed of earthly fame, Who makes another's grief his own, O faithful shepherd! thou hast borne To thee our fragrant love we bring, What though our faltering accents fail, April 4, 1860. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |