Jean Blewett, 'Laura Secord'

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Laura Secord

I search the pages of our history over
For a courageous one whose name would stand
For staunchest patriot, and for truest lover,
And prove the same by deed done for the land;
And my heart thrills, for 'tis a woman bears it,
You'll find it, marble carved, on Laura Secord's grave;
And you, and I, and every woman shares it,
The right to stand for what is good and brave.

by Jean Blewett (War of 1812)

Laura Secord's warning, June 22, 1813