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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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AS THE GREEK'S SIGNAL FLAME.
[For Whittier's eightieth birthday, December 17, 1887.]
| As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told, |
| Rose from the hill-top, like applause and glory, |
| Welcoming in fame some special veteran, hero, |
| With rosy tinge reddening the land he'd served, |
| So I aloft from Mannahatta's ship-fringed shore, |
| Lift high a kindled brand for thee, Old Poet. |
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