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GREAT-HEART
(THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN 1919)
The Interpreter then called for a man-servant of his, one Great-Heart."
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress."
(CONCERNING brave Captains
Our age hath made known For all men to honour,
One standeth alone, Of whom, o'er both oceans
Both Peoples may say: "Our realm is diminished
With Great-Heart away."
In purpose unsparing,
In action no less, The labours he praised
He would seek and profess Through travail and battle,
At hazard and pain. . . . And our world is none the braver
Since Great-Heart was ta'en !
Plain speech with plain folk,
And plain words for false things, Plain faith in plain dealing
'Twixt neighbours or kings He used and he followed,
However it sped. . . . Oh, our world is none more honest
Now Great-Heart is dead!
