O Robert Lee, you paladin, br I wonder how my words would strike you. br I know the portrait might have been br In many, many ways more like you. br br But you would not have had me plan br To make your figure more heroic; br For you would rather be a man br Than just a marble hearted stoic. br br And I can often hear you say, br When they condemn and when they flatter, br In your divinely tender way, br 'Good friend, it really doesn't matter.