The Song of the Stone Wall

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Song of the Stone Wall, by Helen KellerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Song of the Stone WallAuthor: Helen KellerRelease Date: April 20, 2004 [EBook #12093]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SONG OF THE STONE WALL ***Produced by Jamie Taylor in memory of Helen Keller.THE SONG OF THE STONE WALLBY HELEN KELLER1910 Copyright, 1909, 1910. Published October, 1910.DEDICATIONWhen I began The Song of the Stone Wall, Dr. Edward Everett Hale was still among us, and it was my intention todedicate the poem to him if it should be deemed worthy of publication. I fancied that he would like it; for he loved the oldwalls and the traditions that cling about them.As I tried to image the men who had built the walls long ago, it seemed to me that Dr. Hale was the living embodiment ofwhatever was heroic in the founders of New England. He was a great American. He was also a great Puritan. Was notthe zeal of his ancestors upon his lips, and their courage in his heart? Had they not bequeathed to him their torch-likefaith, their patient fervor of toil and their creed of equality?But his bright spirit had inherited no trace of their harshness and gloom. The windows of his soul opened to the ...