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c. 1789 Rare Contemporary Manuscript Poem Titled: WASHINGTON by George Barrett

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c. 1789 Rare Contemporary Manuscript Poem Titled: WASHINGTON by George Barrett
Washington Related
Superb Original George “WASHINGTON” Titled Poem
“WASHINGTON” a Contemporary Poem in Praise to Honor George Washington, by George Barrett, Choice Extremely Fine.
c. 1789 Federal Period, Contemporary Manuscript Poem titled, “WASHINGTON,” Handwritten in a beautiful script style and penned in Sonnet form, in praise of the First President and Father of His Country, George Washington. This impressive Poem is 1 page, measuring 8” x 12.5”, no date or place, trimmed as shown, written in rich brown ink by use of a fine quill pen by a highly talented hand on very clean high quality laid period paper. Also laid on to a slightly larger sheet of quality wove paper likely for preservation during a prior display. The first line, “Oh Washington... pride of every age” is a quote taken from Thomas Paine. Headed, “WASHINGTON” this wonderful original Poem reads, in full:

"Oh Washington! thou hero, patriot, sage! / Friend of all climates, pride of every age! / Were thine the laurels, every sail could raise, / The mighty harvest were penurious praise. / Well may our realms thy Fabian wisdom boast; / Thy prudence sav'd, what bravery had lost. / Yet e'er hadst thou, by Heaven's severer fates, / Like Sparta's hero, at the Grecian straits, / Been doom'd to meet, in arms, a world of foes, / Whom skill could not defeat, nor walls oppose, / Then had thy breast, by danger ne'er subdued, / The mighty Buckler of thy country stood; / Proud of its wounds, each piercing spear would bless; / Which left Columbia’s foes one javelin les; / Nor felt one pang but, in the glorious deed, Thy little band of heroes, too, must bleed; / Nor throb’d one for but, that some poison’d dart Thy breast might pass, and reach thy country’s heart. (Signed in Script) George Barrett".

A superb Poem drawing on the work of Thomas Paine and obviously carefully crafted for presentation display. Of museum quality and a certain highlight for any George Washington or Presidential collection.