“Honor to All”
The Weekly American Organ, Washington, D.C., June 30, 1855
Honor to him whose sinew'd arm
Swings the ponderous sledge;
Honor to him whose sturdy hand
Delves at the fruitless hedge;
To every toiler who striveth
To beautify the earth,
Be honor and fame far greater
Than to men of kingly birth.
Who makes a blade of grass to grow,
Where there grew none before;
Is greater far than the demi-god,
Whose mantle dips with gore;
Then plant the spade in desert ground,
And make its treasures spring,
Go bless the land and home of him,
Who's greater than a king.