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He was absolutely simple, modest, courteous
and without pretence. He was content to do his share in accomplishing
public results, and leave to others whatever of fame or glory
might result from having accomplished them.
To be, and not to seem, was this man's wisdom.
The satire, of which I have just spoken, is almost forgotten.
It is a poem called "The Dorriad," written at the time of
the famous Dorr Rebellion. The notes, as in the case of the
"Biglow Papers," are even funnier than the text. He gives
an account of the Dorr War in two cantos, after the manner
of Scott's "Marmion." He describes the chieftain addressing
his troops on Arcote's Hill, the place where one Arcote, in
former days, had been hung for sheep-stealing, and buried
at the foot of the gallows.
The Governor saw with conscious pride,
The men who gathered at his side;
That bloody sword aloft the drew,
And "list, my trusty men," he cried--
"Here do I swear to stand by you,
As long as flows life's crimson tide;--
Nor will I ever yield, until
I leave my bones upon this hill.


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