58. The Ballot by John Pierpont. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

58. The Ballot

By John Pierpont


A WEAPON that comes down as still
As snowflakes fall upon the sod;
But executes a freeman’s will,
As lightning does the will of God.