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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 2: Parentage and Family.—the father. (search)
s the following, given as a sentiment at the Doric Hall of the State House, July 4, 1826: The United States, one and indivisible! Firm, like the oak, may our blest Union rise; No less distinguished for its strength than size; The unequal branches emulous unite, To shield and grace the trunk's majestic height; Through long succeeding years and centuries live, No vigor losing from the aid they give. This is quoted by Charles Sumner at the close of his address, Are we a nation, delivered Nov. 19, 1867: Works, Vol. XII. p. 249. It was then the fashion for aspiring youth to attempt verses after the style of Pope's grave and sonorous periods. But there was little of genuine inspiration in American poetry prior to the period which gave to it Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and Lowell. Leaving college, young Sumner accepted the place of an assistant in the Billerica Academy, of which his former teacher, Mr. Pemberton, had become the principal. While here he received a play