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General William Booth
THE EAGLE THAT IS FORGOTTEN
[John P. Altgeld. Born Dec. 30, 1847; died March 12, 1902]
SLEEP softly * * *eagle forgotten * * *
under the stone.
Time has its way with you there, and the clay
hast its own.
"We have buried him now," thought your foes,
and in secret rejoiced.
They made a brave show of their mourning,
their hatred unvoiced.
They had snarled at you, barked at you,
foamed at you day after day,
Now you were ended. They praised you,
* * * and laid you away.
The others that mourned you in silence and
terror and truth,
The widow bereft of her crust, and the boy
without youth,
