. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. ;Aye, greater than them all, whateer their to thy Natal day! But, lo! the martial camp; the bivouac;The rude entrenchment;—the grim fortalice;The tented field;—the flaming battle line,And thy great soul amidst it all unmoved 24 THE POETS LINCOLN By petty aims, leading with flawless faithThy people to a promised land of peace;And, then, when thou hadst reached the goal of hope,And the world stood amazed, the heavy crownOf martyrdom was pressed upon thy browAnd thy immortal course was to thy Natal day!
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. ;Aye, greater than them all, whateer their to thy Natal day! But, lo! the martial camp; the bivouac;The rude entrenchment;—the grim fortalice;The tented field;—the flaming battle line,And thy great soul amidst it all unmoved 24 THE POETS LINCOLN By petty aims, leading with flawless faithThy people to a promised land of peace;And, then, when thou hadst reached the goal of hope,And the world stood amazed, the heavy crownOf martyrdom was pressed upon thy browAnd thy immortal course was to thy Natal day! In all great souls God sows with generous handThe seed of martyrdom, for twas decreedIn Eden, that alone by sacrificeShould sons of men the crown immortal win;And thou, who didst the shining heights attainOf unsurpassed achievement, didst but payThe impartial toll of souls like thine we, who on the narrow marge of TimeStanding wondering, shed no tears, but raise to theeThe pseans to a martyred hero due,Hail to thy Natal day. THE POETS LINCOLN 25. MONUMENT TO THE MOTHER OF LINCOLN NANCY HANKS LINCOLN died October 5, 1818,aged thirty-five years. The design of thismonument is by Thompson Stickle, and it wasconstructed by J. S. Culver of Springfield, Illinois, anddedicated October 2, 1902. In the construction of the monument in SpencerCounty, Indiana, Mr. Culver used as much of the gran-ite as possible from the National Lincoln Monumentbefore it was reconstructed. The face of this block is handsomely the Scroll of Time unrolls, it reveals the name ofNancy Hanks Lincoln. The ivy represents affectionand the branch of oak nobility. The public celebration of the centenary of Lincolnsbirth was held in the town of North Adams, Massa-chusetts, February lb2, 1909. Ex-Senator Thomas F. Cassidy, in his address, said:One hundred years ago today, in Hardin County,Kentucky, there was ushered into being the child,Abraham Lincoln. As God selected Mary, the humble
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