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Show O D E TO T H O M A S J E F F E R S ON The celebration of history allows for the nation the opening Of the records, the reading the original Days...and the heroes, the sons of freedom, pass by on parade, Their virtues enumerated in praise and thanksgiving, that two Hundred years nor lose them the regard Of the country despite the doings and undoings Of the populations who follow after. The placement Of memorials, the District of Columbia pleases the sense, The pride and dedication the design of the city accomplishes To the south, beside the Tidal Basin Of the Potomac, the dome and colonnade Of the shrine to the man chosen The President of the United States of America. The sculpture cast in bronze and nineteen Feet tall, his statue rises for a monument, and the eyes Of the visitors look upward, and redeem The light the mind takes in the contemplation Of his words engraved on the marble walls surrounding him. |
