Quote#Sadness
Growing to full manhood now
Quote byFrederick George Scott · 1861–1944
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "In Memoriam", st. 1, in C. P. Mulvany, The History of the North-West Rebellion (Toronto, 1885), p. 155.
English (original)
Growing to full manhood now, With the care-lines on our brow, We, the youngest of the nations, With no childish lamentations, Weep, as only strong men weep, For the noble hearts that sleep, Pillowed where they fought and bled, The loved and lost, our glorious dead.
— Frederick George Scott
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