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THBc. 1789 Rare Contemporary Manuscript Poem Titled: WASHINGTON by George Barrett
Lot 184
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Superb Original George "WASHINGTON" Titled Poem
"WASHINGTON" a Contemporary Poem in Praise to Honor George Washington, by George Barrett, Choice Extremely Fine.
c. 1789 Federal Period, Contemporary Manuscript Poem titled, "WASHINGTON," Handwritten in a beautiful script style and penned in Sonnet form, in praise of the First President and Father of His Country, George Washington. This Poem is 1 page, measuring 8" x 12.5", no date or place, trimmed as shown, written in rich brown ink by use of a fine quill pen by a highly talented hand on very clean high quality laid period paper. Also laid on to a slightly larger sheet of quality wove paper likely for preservation during a prior display. The first line, "Oh Washington... pride of every age" is a quote taken from Thomas Paine. Headed, "WASHINGTON" this wonderful original Poem reads, in full:
"Oh Washington! thou hero, patriot, sage! / Friend of all climates, pride of every age! / Were thine the laurels, every sail could raise, / The mighty harvest were penurious praise. / Well may our realms thy Fabian wisdom boast; / Thy prudence sav'd, what bravery had lost. / Yet e'er hadst thou, by Heaven's severer fates, / Like Sparta's hero, at the Grecian straits, / Been doom'd to meet, in arms, a world of foes, / Whom skill could not defeat, nor walls oppose, / Then had thy breast, by danger ne'er subdued, / The mighty Buckler of thy country stood; / Proud of its wounds, each piercing spear would bless; / Which left Columbia's foes one javelin les; / Nor felt one pang but, in the glorious deed, Thy little band of heroes, too, must bleed; / Nor throb'd one for but, that some poison'd dart Thy breast might pass, and reach thy country's heart. (Signed in Script) George Barrett".
A superb Poem drawing on the work of Thomas Paine and obviously carefully crafted for presentation display. Of museum quality, and an impressive certain highlight for any George Washington or Presidential collection.
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