[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.
Source: Tribute to George Washington; Washington, In 1,000 Quotable Poems, by Thomas Curtis Clark and Esther Gillespie, 1937.
-- Harriet Monroe, (Dec 23 1860-1936), US editor, poet; She founded and edited Poetry: A magazine of Verse, 1912-36 which championed modern, new verse, poetry.