. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. Hope and the childlike heart. We looked on him; Tis he, we said,Come crownle^ and unheralded,The shepherd who will keepThe flocks, will fold the sheep. Unknightly, yes; yet twas the mienPresaging the immortal scene, Some battles of His wars Who sealeth up the stars. 78 THE POETS LINCOLN Not he would take the past betweenHis hands, wipe valors tablets clean,Commanding greatness waitTill he stands at the gate; Not he would cramp to one small headThe awful laurels of the dead, Times mighty vintage cup, And drink all honor up. No
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. Hope and the childlike heart. We looked on him; Tis he, we said,Come crownle^ and unheralded,The shepherd who will keepThe flocks, will fold the sheep. Unknightly, yes; yet twas the mienPresaging the immortal scene, Some battles of His wars Who sealeth up the stars. 78 THE POETS LINCOLN Not he would take the past betweenHis hands, wipe valors tablets clean,Commanding greatness waitTill he stands at the gate; Not he would cramp to one small headThe awful laurels of the dead, Times mighty vintage cup, And drink all honor up. No flutter of the banners boldBorne by the lusty sons of old,The haughty conquerorsSet forward to their wars; Not his their blare, their pageantries,Their goal, their glory, was not his;Humbly he came to keepThe flocks, to fold the sheep. The need comes not without the man;The prescient hours unceasing ran, And up the way of tears He came into the years. Our pastoral captain, skilled to crookThe spear into the pruning hook, The simple, kindly man, Lincoln, WHERE LINCOLN WORSHIPPEDNew York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. PRESIDENT LINCOLN and family attended thischurch during his Administration. The pew thatthey occupied is still preserved in its black walnuttrimmings, though the rest of the sanctuary has beenrefurnished. 79 80 THE POETS LINCOLN EMAN WHITNEY ALLEN, born at St. Louis,November 19,1854. Bachelor of Arts, WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, 1878; later Master of Arts,Princeton Theological, 1878-80; Post-graduate studiesat Princeton University; (D. D., University of Wooster,1897). Ordained Presbyterian Minister, 1882; statedsupply Kimmswick, Missouri, 1881-3; DeSoto, Missouri,1883-5; Pastor-elect Carondelet Church, St. Louis,Missouri, 1885-9; Pastor South Park Church, Newark,New Jersey, since 1889. Director Board of HomeMissions, Presbyterian; Chaplain New Jersey SocietyD. A. R.; Member Society American Authors; NewJersey Society S. A. R. Club, Pri
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