[PW] Re: Query regarding poem about Stonewall Jackson
Meredith Dixon
dixonm at pobox.com
Mon Dec 4 07:26:23 PST 2006
Bruce Rosen wrote:
> Years ago I read a poem with, I believe, the opening lines: “Fool Tom
> Jackson, Ain’t you tired of teaching, Teaching boys tactics in a dusty study
> hall”.
That *might* be one of Stephen Vincent Benet's poems for children about
American history, collected in *A Book of
Americans*. Unfortunately, I can't double-check, since I'm away from my books
at present.
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