. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. N 121 WALT MASON, born at Columbus, Ontario,May 4, 1862. Self educated. Came to theUnited States 1880. Connected with theAtchinson Globe 1885-7, later with Lincoln (Nebraska)State Journal and other papers; editorial paragrapherEvening News, Washington, D. C, 1893; associatedwith William Allen White on Emporia (Kansas) Gazettesince 1907. His rhymes and prose poems are widelycopied in America. THE EYES OF LINCOLN SAD eyes that were patient and tender,Sad eyes that were steadfast and true,And warm with the unchanging splendorOf c
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. N 121 WALT MASON, born at Columbus, Ontario,May 4, 1862. Self educated. Came to theUnited States 1880. Connected with theAtchinson Globe 1885-7, later with Lincoln (Nebraska)State Journal and other papers; editorial paragrapherEvening News, Washington, D. C, 1893; associatedwith William Allen White on Emporia (Kansas) Gazettesince 1907. His rhymes and prose poems are widelycopied in America. THE EYES OF LINCOLN SAD eyes that were patient and tender,Sad eyes that were steadfast and true,And warm with the unchanging splendorOf courage no ills could subdue! Eyes dark with the dread of the morrow,And woe for the day that was gone, The sleepless companions of sorrow, The watchers that witnessed the dawn. Eyes tired from the clamor and goadingAnd dim from the stress of the years, And hallowed by pain and forebodingAnd strained by repression of tears. Sad eyes that were wearied and blighted By visions of sieges and warsNow watch oer a country united From the luminous slopes of the stars! *io. PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN 1862Photograph by Matthew Brady, Washington, D. C. THE POETS LINCOLN 123 ARTHUR GUITERMAN, author, born of Ameri-a\ can parentage, at Vienna, Austria, November 20,1871. Editorial work on Woman s Home Com-panion, Literary Digest and other magazines since1891. Author of Betel Nuts, 1907; Guest Book, 1908;Rubiayat, including the Literary Omar, 1909, andOrestes (with Andre Tridon), 1909. Contributorchiefly of ballad, lyric verse and short stories to maga-zines and newspapers. HE LEADS US STILL DARE we despair? Through all the nights anddaysOf lagging war he kept his courage Doubt befog our eyes? A darker haze But proved the faith of him who ever knewThat Right must conquer. May we cherish hateFor our poor griefs, when never word nor deedOf rancor, malice, spite, of low or great, In his large soul one poison-drop could breed? He leads us still. Oer chasms yet unspannedOur pathway lies; the w
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