Death of General Grant + 

As one by one withdraw the lofty actors, + 

From that great play on history’s stage eterne, + 

That lurid, partial act of war and peace⁠—of old and new contending, + 

Fought out through wrath, fears, dark dismays, and many a long suspense; + 

All past⁠—and since, in countless graves receding, mellowing, + 

Victor’s and vanquish’d⁠—Lincoln’s and Lee’s⁠—now thou with them, + 

Man of the mighty days⁠—and equal to the days! + 

Thou from the prairies!⁠—tangled and many-vein’d and hard has been thy part, + 

To admiration has it been enacted! + 