VI + 

Reparation + 

Beneath this monument which rears its head, + 

A giant note of admiration⁠—dead, + 

His life extinguished like a taper’s flame, + 

John Ericsson is lying in his fame. + 

Behold how massive is the lofty shaft; + 

How fine the product of the sculptor’s craft; + 

The gold how lavishly applied; the great + 

Man’s statue how impressive and sedate! + 

Think what the cost was! It would ill become + 

Our modesty to specify the sum; + 

Suffice it that a fair percent we’re giving + 

Of what we robbed him of when he was living. + 