In Poems by Presidents, John Quincy Adams is the star poet and “The Wants of Man” is his magnum opus. In Poems by First Ladies, the first two First Ladies featured both have poems inspired by “The Wants of Man.” Dolley Madison penned “Lines Addressed to President Adams, on Reading His Beautiful Poem on the Wants of Man” to celebrate the wisdom and beauty of “The Wants of Man”: Your wants, dear Sir, will seem but small, When they’re compared with…
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