Elisha Brown

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Title:     Elisha Brown
Author: Edward Doyle [More Titles by Doyle]

Old Guard of Boston! Halt; Right Face; Attention!
Order One: quell the weeds in rankest riot
Where lies Elisha Brown, in conscience, quiet.
This Brown was John's precursor. Ye, on pension
For ancient glory, now do duty. Mention
Elisha's name for countersign--and why, it?
Because with him, wrong, seen, was to defy it,
And act, else, was beyond his comprehension.

Against his home's invasion this man held
A red-coat regiment for seventeen days,
Which was a spark to help start freedom's blaze
And, therefore, Order Two: the weeds all quelled,
Stand sentries till a statue takes your place
And throngs shout, "Bravo, Brown!" as 'tis unveiled!

[The end]
Edward Doyle's poem: Elisha Brown

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