Sonnet—To a Historian
[To E. S. S.]His work was done by conscientious toil
'Mongst faded manuscripts and time-worn books,
By faithful searches in forgotten nooks,
And earnestness which hindrance could not foil:
By frequent burning of the midnight oil,
By careful thought which seldom overlooks
A clue to truth, and never fully brooks
Defeated purpose. Children of the soil
Whose records thus are rescued from decay
Cannot but thank the patient, constant mind
That journeys down an ever-darkening way
To gather up its scattered lore, and bind
Remotest annals to a future day,
And moves clear-sighted where ourselves were blind. [4]
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain :White, James Terry, ed. (1901). "Stearns, Ezra Scollay". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . Vol. 2. p. 480.
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