. Some successful Americans . therd every rock, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring. But O heart! heart 1 heart ! O the bleeding drops of red,Where on deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells, Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbond wreaths—for you the shores you they call, the surging mass, their eager faces turning. Here, Captain! dear father! This arm beneath y
. Some successful Americans . therd every rock, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring. But O heart! heart 1 heart ! O the bleeding drops of red,Where on deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells, Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbond wreaths—for you the shores you they call, the surging mass, their eager faces turning. Here, Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head!Tt is some dream that on the deck Youve fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,My father does not feel my arms, he has no pulse nor ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won. Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells ! But I with mournful treadWalk the deck my Captain lies. Fallen cold and Peter Cooper 32 PETER COOPER 1791-1883 Peter Cooper, manufacturer, inventor, and philanthro-pist, was born on the 12th of February, 1791, in New York,which city he saw grow from a town of twenty-seventhousand inhabitants to the most important city of theNew World, with a population exceeding a million. Peter Cooper came of patriotic stock. His great-great-grandfather, Obadiah Cooper, came from England about1662 and settled at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. His father,John Cooper, served in the Revolution for four years as alieutenant in the New York militia. His mother, Marga-ret Campbell, was the daughter of General Campbell, whoserved throughout the Revolution. At the close of the Revolution Peters father establishedhimself as a hatter in New York City. He prospered, andaccumulated what was for those days considerable prop-erty, but, like many another, he was not willing to let wellenough alone. Instead of caring for his rapidly growingbusiness in the city, he
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