How can a son forsake his mother ? ,
Mother who carried him for years on her shoulder ,
A mother who treasured him on her concave womb ,
A mother who hoarded wealth to keep his needs mumĀ ,
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Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone
Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling;
It comes upon us like the glorious pealing
Of the wide spheres -- an everlasting tone.
And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown,
The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing,
And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing
Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne.
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