The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States / Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth; the Might of His Early Manhood; His Valor As a Soldier; His Career As a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His Death.

by John Clark Ridpath

Equipped to fill his function great,

To crush the knaves who shame the State,

Place-seeking pests of honest rule.

Equal to either fate he’ll prove.

May Heaven’s high will incline the scale.

The way our prayers would fain avail

To weight it—to long life and love!

CHAPTER XIV.
GAZING ON THE SEA.

Despite the prayers and tears and earnest pleading,

And piteous protest o’er a hero’s fall,