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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

An Epitaph for Braddock

By Verse of the French and Indian War

BENEATH this stone brave Braddock lies,

Who always hated cowardice,

But fell a savage sacrifice;

Amidst his Indian foes.

I charge you, heroes, of the ground,

To guard his dark pavilion round,

And keep off all obtruding sound,

And cherish his repose.

Sleep, sleep, I say, brave, valiant man,

Bold death, at last, has bid thee stand,

And to resign thy great demand,

And cancel thy commission:

Altho’ thou didst not much incline,

Thy post and honors to resign;

Now iron slumber doth confine;

None envies thy condition.