[23] The famous phrase, "honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none," was not Washington's but Jefferson's.
MOUNT VERNON, THE HOME OF WASHINGTON[ToC]
BY WILLIAM DAY
The following lines were written on the back of a picture at Mount Vernon:
There dwelt the Man, the flower of human kind,
Whose visage mild bespoke his nobler mind.
There dwelt the Soldier, who his sword ne'er drew
But in a righteous cause, to Freedom true.
There dwelt the Hero, who ne'er killed for fame,
Yet gained more glory than a Cæsar's name.
There dwelt the Statesman, who, devoid of art,
Gave soundest counsels from an upright heart;
And, O Columbia, by thy sons caressed,
There dwelt the Father of the realms he blessed;
Who no wish felt to make his mighty praise,
Like other chiefs, the means himself to raise;
But there retiring, breathed in pure renown,
And felt a grandeur that disdained a crown.