“In Westertown a statue rules the square,
The settler as the sculptor visioned him.
Nor slender, nor yet massive; sinewy,
Bearded, erect, broad shouldered, hand on spade,
Shirt sleeve up rolled o’er muscular forearm,
Alert eye, faithful mouth, and forehead full
Of hope.
Such is the image. The real man
Is fat, is scrawny, is Apollo-like;
Glares like a hawk, blinks like some bleary pig,
Moves like a Victory, hirples like a hare.
The spirits of the just are perfected;
The sculptor carves ideal form in stone.
Nay, the real settler is not simply man;
But wife and child in laughing, loving group
Lead the celestial sunshine of man’s dreams
Which he names home. And after them in troops,
The beast and bird that own man’s mastery
Graze the new pastures to his comforting;
While afar, hover arts that minister
To the spirit, lingering till the plough shall break
The thorny wilderness to the fruitful field.
(Edwin Ford Piper)”
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