The Mountain sat upon the Plain 1
In his tremendous Chair－
His observation omnifold,
His inquest, everywhere－
The Seasons played around his knees 5
Like Children round a sire－
Grandfather of the Days is He
Of Dawn, the Ancestor－
In his tremendous Chair－
His observation omnifold,
His inquest, everywhere－
The Seasons played around his knees 5
Like Children round a sire－
Grandfather of the Days is He
Of Dawn, the Ancestor－
(F.970/J.985)
[1] Mountain:: the 30 tons statue of George Washington (1840) by Horatio Greenough.
[2] Chair:: Washington sat on a chair in this statue.
[3–4]:: a praise on Washington.
[7] Grandfather of the Days:: the first President of the United States of America.
[8] Dawn:: the birth of America.
STATUE OF WASHINGTON. This beautiful work of art by Greenough, who devoted several years in Italy to its execution, stands in the east square of the Capitol, on a noble granite pedestal, and is surrounded by a handsome iron railing, which encloses two small yew trees and some ornamental shrubbery. ─ Morrison's Stranger's Guide to the City of Washington and its Vicinity (1852)
