| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | December 14 | | On the Death of Washington | | By Theodore Dwight (1764–1846) |
| | | BUT who can speak, what accents can relate, | |
| The solemn scenes which marked the great man’s fate! | |
| Ye ancient sages, who so loudly claim | |
| The brightest station on the list of Fame, | |
| At his approach with diffidence retire, | 5 |
| His higher worth acknowledge and admire. | |
| When keenest anguish racked his mighty mind, | |
| And the fond heart the joys of life resigned, | |
| No guilt, nor terror stretched its hard control, | |
| No doubt obscured the sunshine of the soul. | 10 |
| Prepared for death, his calm and steady eye, | |
| Looked fearless upward to a peaceful sky: | |
| While wondering angels point the airy road, | |
| Which leads the Christian to the house of God. | | | | |
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