On The Death of Dr. Benjamin Franklin by https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy Poem by Philip Freneau en-us 2016-09-15 19:15:17 UTC 2025-10-15 16:04:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124193413 2016-09-15 19:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124193413 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124464813 2016-09-16 18:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124464813 Thus, some tall tree that long hath stood The glory of its native wood, By storms destroyed, or length of years, Demands the tribute of our tears. 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124467308 2016-09-16 19:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124467308 The pile, that took long time to raise, To dust returns by slow decays: But, when its destined years are o'er, We must regret the loss the more. 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124467503 2016-09-16 19:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124467503 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124467906 So long accustomed to your aid, The world laments your exit made; So long befriended by your art, Philosopher, 'tis hard to part!-- 


]]> 2016-09-16 19:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124467906 When monarchs tumble to the ground, Successors easily are found: But, matchless FRANKLIN! what a few Can hope to rival such as YOU, Who seized from kings their sceptered pride, And turned the lightning darts aside. 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124468326 2016-09-16 19:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124468326 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124468636 2016-09-16 19:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124468636 20gwendolyn_armstrong https://padlet.com/20gwendolyn_armstrong/l5ck8xbzvmpy/wish/124469103 Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War.
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