Olivia Ward Bush-Banks

Olivia Ward Bush-Banks was born in Long Island’s village of Sag Harbor, New York on February 27, 1869. She was the youngest daughter of Abraham Ward and Eliza Draper, both of whom were part African American and part

On the Long Island Indian

by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks [1869–1944]

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How relentless, how impartial,

Is the fleeting hand of time,

By its stroke, great empires vanish

Nations fall in swift decline.

Once resounding through these forests,

Rang the warwhoop shrill and clear,

Once here lived a race of Red Men,

Savage, crude, but knew no fear.

Here they fought their fiercest battles,

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At what poet's funeral were a prime minister and the leader of the opposition pallbearers, as well as leading literary lights?

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