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invitinghistory: A portrait miniature of poet Joseph Rodman Drake, gifted by Edith Rucellai to Rodman de Kay Gilder, likely in August, 1935. Drake's name and birth/death date were hand scratched into the back. Heritage Auctions.

CKubzansky: Friday poem: Joseph Rodman Drake's A Fairy in Armor is one of the first pieces I remember reading enough times to memorize. I love it very much

tla_bc: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." — Joseph Rodman Drake

rajatahir90: ‘And they who for their country die shall fill an honoured grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.’ Joseph Rodman Drake

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andersonmktg: "And they who for their country die shall fill and honored grave, for glory lights the solider's tomb, and beauty weeps the grave."-Joseph Rodman Drake. Today we remember and honor our heroes who sacrificed their lives for our freedom.

BeverlyRising: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." —Joseph Rodman Drake

JimPatterson559: They gave the last full measure of devotion. May we live worthy of their sacrifice. This Memorial Day, and every day. “And those who for their country died shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." ~Joseph Rodman Drake

BolesGroup: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

adk_council: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

KrebsStamos: On this Memorial Day, we remember and honor those who have sacrificed for our country. "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)

MikeFosterCBC: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

Knox_CF: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." Joseph Rodman Drake

DogsReigning: “And they who for their country die Shall fill an honored grave, For glory lights the soldier’s tomb, And beauty weeps the brave.” -Joseph Rodman Drake

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VaRailExpress: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." (Joseph Rodman Drake, American Poet, 1795-1820)

HaluxDiagnostic: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

1776United: And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave. - Joseph Rodman Drake

ChurchLoveland: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

greg_woodfill: In gratitude and loving memory of those who have fallen. “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” - Joseph Rodman Drake

VeteranSec: Today we celebrate the brave servicemen and servicewomen who died defending our country. We remember the words of American Poet Joseph Rodman Drake, "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave."

PITSfounder: Memorial Day “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” Joseph Rodman Drake

Ace77ofnocal: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

cuilax: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

ecrl08: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." (Joseph Rodman Drake)

koolidge: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." -Joseph Rodman Drake

TweetIgnatian: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

Diamatrix: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

LegionPost13: And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave. ~ Joseph Rodman Drake

ArtisticParley: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” – Joseph Rodman Drake have a safe day off tomorrow. I will be off spending time with my granddaughter. back tomorrow evening. thank you for the RTs

soundfoursquare: And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave. -- Joseph Rodman Drake Today we pause to remember the fallen and pray for those they left behind. May God bring comfort to them all.

DianaMSharpton: Thanks to all for the RTs. off tonight back tomorrow evening… “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” – Joseph Rodman Drake

DarbyDesper: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

SheriffCummings: Sheriff James Cummings and the Men and Women of the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office wish you a safe and happy Memorial Day!   “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

kristinconnell: Memorial Day “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” Joseph Rodman Drake, American Poet

EdibleSense: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." -Joseph Rodman Drake

TriaemL: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, let us honor our fallen heroes.

BruceArthurs4: John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906), known as "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his many depictions and paintings of otherworldly creatures, here illustrating "The Culprit Fay", an 1819 poem by Joseph Rodman Drake, as it appeared in CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED READINGS, 1875.

JoeDelmonaco: Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flags, shield, arrows, and laurel branch with first stanza from Joseph Rodman Drake's poem, "The American Flag"

LiteraryRob: Responses to the anonymous "Epistle to Mr. Hogbin," last of the Croakers series, led to an outright denial of its authorship, November 18, 1830 (okay, it was really by Fitz-Greene Halleck and Joseph Rodman Drake) --

KHGSecurity: And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave. Joseph Rodman Drake Remembering all those lost in conflict

CCSCstaffs: Topic of the Week: Remembrance “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave". Joseph Rodman Drake

accommodatingly: LRT Joseph Rodman Drake is known today as the guy Fitz-Greene Halleck loved & mourned, so I'm looking for queer/proto-gay Drake poems... none of the famous ones are that. Still looking. Still, check out those fae. 2/2

mlmcgill: FGH's elegy for his companion/ lover / collaborator Joseph Rodman Drake was widely admired in the C19. It's hard not to find it touching -- there's an elegance and spareness in these taut, trimeter lines:

SocialistsNo: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldiers tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” - Joseph Rodman Drake For all our brave soldiers who have died or been wounded, mostly recently the 13 who died in Kabul.

TraceCorne: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” –Joseph Rodman Drake

DeoAkiiki: "And they who for their country die, shall fill an honoured grave, for glory lights the soldiers tomb and beauty weeps the brave" Joseph Rodman Drake. Rest in peace our model General. What we learnt from you still stand tall. We shall soldier on.

ayman_ster: And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

ingo_don: Joseph Rodman Drake (NY: 7/8/1795 - 21/9/1820) early us-am. poet …

LiteraryRob: On the birth of early American poet Joseph Rodman Drake, August 7, 1795, and his poem "The Culprit Fay" --

NYCCHR: In 1910, a group of teachers and students from P.S. 48 rediscovered a burial ground of enslaved Africans and Indigenous peoples in what is now Joseph Rodman Drake Park. Since 2014, the community has worked to preserve and memorialize the burial site.

HabbyMomma: When Freedom from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there! –Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

Jessamina: 'Tis the middle watch of a summer night-- The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky. –Joseph Rodman Drake

OccultFan: When Freedom from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there! –Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

platospupil: When Freedom from her mountain height,     Unfurled her standard to the air,     She tore the azure robe of night,     And set the stars of glory there!     –Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

AbundantConsult: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." -Joseph Rodman Drake

echeek3: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” — Joseph Rodman Drake

sunshinetentsfl: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." -Joseph Rodman Drake

HartfordPal: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake We honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

bingamanlumber: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave" - Joseph Rodman Drake

saskrip: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” Joseph Rodman Drake Remembering those who gave all this Memorial Day.

NM_Fertility: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” – Joseph Rodman Drake

VaRailXpress: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." (Joseph Rodman Drake, American Poet, 1795-1820)

SallyEMorgan: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

coachmarmels: "And they who for their country die, shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." Joseph Rodman Drake

HauntedHappens: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” -Joseph Rodman Drake

AngelsTrading: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." — Joseph Rodman Drake

SallyEMorgan: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake Honor our soldiers past & present in your celebrations today and always!

DavidMKerr: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

JimPatterson559: Memorial Day 2021: “They who for our country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights our soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” ~Joseph Rodman Drake, American Poet, August 7, 1795 - September 21, 1820

LancasterPAC: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

SallyEMorgan: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake Honor our soldiers past & present in your celebrations today & always!

ThomasWBaird: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb a beauty weeps the brave." — Joseph Rodman Drake "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived."— George S. Patton

alclouisville: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”- Joseph Rodman Drake

akgop: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." Joseph Rodman Drake, American Poet

LiteraryRob: Joseph Rodman Drake became well-known for his poem "The American Flag," published May 29, 1819, and admirers celebrated it 95 years later with the dedication of a park named for him --

MyForsythMag: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." Joseph Rodman Drake

TweetIgnatian: "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

daudaAliyu1: And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave. —Joseph Rodman Drake, Poet May their gentle soul rest in peace.

tetragocommando: Van Cortlandt, Pelham Bay, & Joseph Rodman Drake Park have unmarked slave burial grounds too that are not often spoken about, but why she talking like this LMAO.

LiteraryRob: "To Ennui," a comedic poem credited by "The Croakers," caused an uproar in New York City, March 10, 1819 (the real authors were Fitz-Greene Hallack and Joseph Rodman Drake) --

reneebdaqueen: Parks honors enslaved African burial ground with new signs in Joseph Rodman Drake Park – Bronx Times

bronxtimes: Parks honors enslaved African burial ground with new signs in Joseph Rodman Drake Park

LiteraryRob: In response to inquiries into the identity of the author of the "Croakers" humor series in New York newspapers, the author in question claimed he had no name, November 18, 1830 (Spoiler: It was Fitz-Greene Halleck and Joseph Rodman Drake) --

LiteraryRob: How Joseph Rodman Drake and Fitz-Greene Halleck kept their "Croakers" identity a secret, November 18, 1820 --

LiteraryRob: Ever a note of wail and woe: On the birth of early American poet Joseph Rodman Drake, August 7, 1795, and his best-known work "The Culprit Fay" --

ingo_don: 225th BD: Joseph Rodman Drake (NY: 7/8/1795 - 21/9/1820) early us-am. poet. One of his best known poems is the patriotic "The American Flag" which was set as a cantata for 2 soloists, choir & orchestra by Antonín Dvořák in 1892-93. - The American Flag

ingo_don: ———- Joseph Rodman Drake (7/8/1795-21/9/1820) THE AMERICAN FLAG I. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies

Jessamina: 'Tis the middle watch of a summer night-- The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky. –Joseph Rodman Drake

platospupil: Tis the middle watch of a summer night-- The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky. –Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

OccultFan: 'Tis the middle watch of a summer night-- The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky. –Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

kevblue777: 'Tis the middle watch of a summer night-- The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky. –Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

answerbearer: "When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air She tore the azure robe of night And set the stars of glory there." ~Joseph Rodman Drake, The American Flag Remembering FLAG DAY JUNE 14th, 2010

gyoung9751: “The American Flag” - music by Antonin Dvorak ( poem by Joseph Rodman Drake

LiteraryRob: Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given... On the publication of Joseph Rodman Drake's poem "The American Flag," May 29, 1819, and how it was honored nearly a century later --

TheDannyPino: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” –Joseph Rodman Drake Prayers, gratitude and remembrance.

johnnye_ford: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave” – Joseph Rodman Drake. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day.

HeritageRM: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave” – Joseph Rodman Drake. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day.

KyleBaylis4: “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave” – Joseph Rodman Drake. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day.



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