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Francis Miles Finch Quotes

1827–1907 United States

Francis Miles Finch (June 9, 1827 – July 31, 1907) was an American judge, poet, and academic associated with the early years of Cornell University. One of his poems, The Blue and the Gray, is frequently reprinted to this day.

United States
19th-century poets
Judges
Poets

Also known as: Finch, Francis Miles

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These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet;—
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;—
Under the laurel the Blue,
Under the willow, the Gray.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Francis Miles Finch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.