| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | April 27 | | Grant at Rest | | By John James Meehan |
| | | | The remains of General Grant were placed in the tomb on Riverside Drive, April 27, 1897. |
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NOT like the tombs where sleep Egyptian kings, | |
| Raised up by bondmen driven from afar | |
| Is thy last home; a song of glory rings | |
| Above the cannon of forgotten war. | |
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| Gone are the steeds of strife and battle now; | 5 |
| Furled are the flags that billowed over them; | |
| Folded the hands and quiescent the brow | |
| That faced their call and knew their requiem. | |
| O River, flowing onward by the shore, | |
| Keep green the grass that rises from the sod | 10 |
| Where men that are shall falter nevermore, | |
| And slaves that were uplift free hands to God! | | | |
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