While thou dost tread life’s stage, thy lofty fame,
Undimmed, shall grow, and be the drama’s pride
Centuries hence, when all shall see thy name
Carved deep and high her noblest names beside;
And, with the noblest placed, will aye be found,
In Thespis’ fane, thy statue, laurel-crowned!
R. H. Bacon.
Here is a tribute penned in 1862, in the midst of our civil war:
EDWIN FORREST AS “DAMON.”
Great master of the tragic art,