Hail Washington
What If He Hadn't Returned to Mt. Vernon
By: Charles Giuliano - Mar 31, 2015
Hail Washington
Our Founding Father
The Emperor Washington Augustus
Or at least
King George I
Who defeated George III
Noble and immortal
Dynasty of rulers
Imperial American
As depicted by
Giuseppi Ceracchi
How different from
Houdon's sculpture
Artist of the French Enlightenment
Who rendered him as
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Patriot and farmer
From Virginia
Who stepped down
Returning home
To Mt. Vernon
Sparing us from
His heirs