Republicans of differing views <br />Are pro or con protection; <br />If that's the issue they would choose, <br />Why, we have no objection. <br />The issue we propose concerns <br />Our hearts and homes more nearly: <br />A wife to whom the nation turns <br />And venerates so dearly. <br />So, confident of what shall be, <br />Our gallant host advances, <br />Giving three cheers for Grover C. <br />And three times three for Frances! <br /> <br />So gentle is that honored dame, <br />And fair beyond all telling, <br />The very mention of her name <br />Sets every breast to swelling. <br />She wears no mortal crown of gold-- <br />No courtiers fawn around her-- <br />But with their love young hearts and old <br />In loyalty have crowned her-- <br />And so with Grover and his bride <br />We're proud to take our chances, <br />And it's three times three for the twain give we-- <br />But particularly for Frances!<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-democratic-hymn/
