. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. rcesinvaded Pennsylvania. Later he was editor of a num-ber of magazines and upon the death of J. G. Hollandhe was made associate editor of the Century. At theage of twenty-six he had attained high literary poems are published in five volumes. He renderedvaluable service in tenement-house reform over thecountry. He died on the 18th day of November, 1909. ON THE LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN THIS bronze doth keep the very form and moldOf our great martyrs face. Yes, this is he:That brow all wisdom, all benignity;That
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. rcesinvaded Pennsylvania. Later he was editor of a num-ber of magazines and upon the death of J. G. Hollandhe was made associate editor of the Century. At theage of twenty-six he had attained high literary poems are published in five volumes. He renderedvaluable service in tenement-house reform over thecountry. He died on the 18th day of November, 1909. ON THE LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN THIS bronze doth keep the very form and moldOf our great martyrs face. Yes, this is he:That brow all wisdom, all benignity;That human, humorous mouth; those cheeks that holdLike some harsh landscape all the summers gold;That spirit fit for sorrow, as the seaFor storms to beat on; the lone agonyThose silent, patient lips too well , this is he who ruled a world of men As might some prophet of the elder day—Brooding above the tempest and the frayWith deep-eyed thought and more than mortal power was his beyond the touch of artOr armed strength—his pure and mighty THE HAND OF LINCOLN THE Saturday after the nomination of Mr. Lincolnfor President of the United States, the Committeeappointed to inform him of the said nominationarrived in Springfield and performed this duty in theevening at his home. The cast of his hand was made the next morning byMr. Leonard W. Volk. While the sculptor was makingthe cast of his left hand, Lincoln called his attention toa scar on his thumb. You have heard me called therail-splitter havent you? he said, Well, I used tosplit rails when I was a young man, and one day, whilesharpening a wedge on a log, the axe glanced and nearlytook off my thumb. 16 THE POETS LINCOLN 47 EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN was born inHartford, Connecticut, on the 8th of October,1833. He entered Yale College at the age of six-teen and distinguished himself in Greek and EnglishComposition. He was the editor of several papers inConnecticut and in 1856 removed to New York City—alarg
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