Francis Miles Finch Quotes

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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.

Francis Miles Finch

Francis Miles Finch

Francis Miles Finch

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Born: June 9, 1827

Died: July 31, 1907 (aged 80)

Bio: Francis Miles Finch 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.

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