Discussion. 1. How does the poet describe a day in February? 2. Why has “no month a prouder day”? 3. Whose birthday occurs on the twenty-second of February? 4. Do you know any other great man whose birthday comes in February? 5. Give in your own words the comparison of “the mighty Hudson” and the fame of Washington. 6. Do you know of some interesting incident in Washington’s life? 7. In the last stanza the poet speaks of wrecked thrones; what thrones can you name that were wrecked during the Great War?

Phrases

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD

This man whose homely face you look upon,

Was one of Nature’s masterful great men;

Born with strong arms that [unfought victories won].

Direct of speech, and cunning with the pen,