Poem “A Tribute to Vinnie Ream” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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A Tribute to Vinnie Ream

All hail to Vinnie Ream!
  Wisconsin’s artist daughter,
Who stands to-day crowned with the fame
  Her noble work has brought her.
Lift up your brows, hills of the West,
  And tell the winds the story,
How she, our fairest, and our best,
  Has climbed the heights of glory.

Three cheers for Vinnie Ream!
  Who fought with tribulation,
And brought from death, to lasting life,
  The martyr of our Nation.
Oh, Spite and Envy, flee in shame!
  And hide your head, black Malice!
She sips, to-day, the sweets of Fame,
  From Fame’s emblazoned chalice.

Thank God for Vinnie Ream!
  The peerless Badger maiden,
Who stands a nation’s pride, to-day
  With a nation’s honors laden.
Ay! crown her Queen at every feast,
  And strew her path with flowers,
Ye people of the South and East,
  But remember, she is ours!

Bring gifts to Vinnie Ream!
  I have no gift to offer,
Only a little gift of song,
  And that I humbly proffer;–
Only this little gift to lay
  Before Columbia’s daughter,
Who stands crowned with the fame, to-day,
  That her noble work has brought her.

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