The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12: Verses from the Oldest Portfolio — John Shaqi
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12: Verses from the Oldest PortfolioHolmes, Oliver Wendell
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12: Verses from the Oldest Portfolio
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
American poetry
Page 6. "They're as safe as Dan'l Malcolm."
The following epitaph is still to be read on a tall grave-stone standing
as yet undisturbed among the transplanted monuments of the dead in Copp's
Hill Burial-Ground, one of the three city cemeteries which have been
desecrated and ruined within my own remembrance:--
"Here lies buried in a
Stone Grave 10 feet deep,
Cap' DANIEL MALCOLM Merch'
Who departed this Life
October 23d, 1769,
Aged 44 years,
a true son of Liberty,
a Friend to the Publick,
an Enemy to oppression,
and one of the foremost
in opposing the Revenue Acts
on America."
Page 62. This broad-browed youth.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis.
Page 62. The stripling smooth of face and slight.
George Tyler Bigelow.
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