[For Whittier's eightieth birthday, December 17, 1887.] As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told,Rose from the hill-top, like applause and glory,Welcoming in fame some special veteran, hero,With rosy tinge reddening the land he'd served,So I aloft from Mannahatta's ship-fringed shore,Lift high a kindled brand for thee, Old Poet.
