. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. T LINCOLN Photograph bv Alexander Gardner, Washington, D. C, 1865 ROSE TERRY COOKE was born in West Hartford,Connecticut, February 17, 1827. Graduated atHartford Female Seminary in 1843. She haswritten many short stories and a number of books ofpoems. 132 THE POETS LINCOLN 133 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HUNDREDS there have been, loftier than theirkind,Heroes and victors in the worlds great wars:Hundreds, exalted as the eternal stars,By the great heart, or keen and mighty mind;There have been sufferers, maimed and halt and blind,Who bore
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. T LINCOLN Photograph bv Alexander Gardner, Washington, D. C, 1865 ROSE TERRY COOKE was born in West Hartford,Connecticut, February 17, 1827. Graduated atHartford Female Seminary in 1843. She haswritten many short stories and a number of books ofpoems. 132 THE POETS LINCOLN 133 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HUNDREDS there have been, loftier than theirkind,Heroes and victors in the worlds great wars:Hundreds, exalted as the eternal stars,By the great heart, or keen and mighty mind;There have been sufferers, maimed and halt and blind,Who bore their woes in such triumphant calmThat God hath crowned them with the martyrs palm;And there were those who fought through fire to findTheir Masters face, and were by fire who like thee, oh Sire! hath ever stoodSteadfast for truth and right, when lies and wrongRolled their dark waters, turbulent and strong;Who bore reviling, baseness, tears and bloodPoured out like water, till thine own was spent,Then reaped Earths sole reward—a grave and monu-ment!. PRESIDENT LINCOLNPhotograph by Brady, Washington, D. C, 1865 FREDERICK LUCIAN HOSMER, bom at Fram-ingham, Massachusetts, October 16, 1840. Grad-uated at Harvard in 1869. Ordained in UnitarianMinistry at Northboro, Massachusetts, in of The Way of Life, The Thought of God, inHymns and Poems. 134 THE POETS LINCOLN 135 LINCOLN THE prairies to the mountains call,The mountains to the sea;From shore to shore a nation keepsHer martyrs memory. Though lowly born, the seal of God Was in that rugged face;Still from the humble Nazareths come The Saviours of the race. With patient heart and vision clearHe wrought through trying days— Malice toward none, with Charity for all,Unswerved by blame or praise. And when the morn of peace broke through The battles cloud and din,He hailed with joy the promised land, He might now enter in. He seemed as set by God apart, The winepress trod alone;He stands forth an uncrowned king,
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