of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants

I recited these three poems more than any others

in my late mendicant preaching tour through the West.

Taken as a triad, they hold in solution my theory

[In memory of E. S. Frazee, Rush County, Indiana]

Into the acres of the newborn state

He poured his strength, and plowed his ancient name,

And, when the traders followed him, he stood

Towering above their furtive souls and tame.