Excerpt from The Commoner Condensed Number of the commoner. It is my favorite poem, and was brought to my attention by my father. The author of the poem, William Cullen Bryant, has clothed. A familiar theme in beauti ful language and so embalmed a noble sentiment that it will live and give inspiration for generations to come. Poems dedicated to Jefferson and Jackson are reproduced for the benefit of those who desire something appropriate for occasions on which the faithful do honor to the memory of the Sage of Monticello and the Hero of New Orleans. The author of these poems, Dr. Howard S. Taylor, of Chicago, has been called Democracy's poet-laureate because he has shown so much genius in the poetic presentation of democratic principles and in the eulogy of the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.