| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | February 14 | | Sherman | | By Richard Watson Gilder (1844–1909) |
| | (Died Feb. 14, 1891)
GLORY and honor and fame and everlasting laudation | |
| For our captains who loved not war, but fought for the life of the nation; | |
| Who knew that, in all the land, one slave meant strife, not peace; | |
| Who fought for freedom, not glory; made war that war might cease. | |
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| Glory and honor and fame; the beating of muffled drums; | 5 |
| The wailing funeral dirge, as the flag-wrapped coffin comes. | |
| Fame and honor and glory, and joy for a noble soul; | |
| For a full and splendid life, and laureled rest at the goal. | |
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| Glory and honor and fame; the pomp that a soldier prizes; | |
| The league-long waving line as the marching falls and rises; | 10 |
| Rumbling of caissons and guns; the clatter of horses’ feet, | |
| And a million awe-struck faces far down the waiting street. | |
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| But better than martial woe, and the pageant of civic sorrow; | |
| Better than praise of today, or the statue we build tomorrow; | |
| Better than honor and glory, and History’s iron pen, | 15 |
| Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men. | | | | |
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