and watching for any unforeseen difficulty that might arise.

Towering above their furtive souls and tame.

That brow without a stain, that fearless eye

Oft left the passing stranger wondering

To find such knighthood in the sprawling land,

To see a democrat well-nigh a king.

He lived with liberal hand, with guests from far,

With talk and joke and fellowship to spare, --

Watching the wide world's life from sun to sun,