. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. re the fur-rowed signsOf days of conflict, nights of agony,And still could soften to the gentler lines Of one whose tenderness and truth went freeBeyond the pale of any small confinesTo understand and help humanity. Wise, steadfast mind, that grasped a peoples need,Counting nor pain nor sacrifice too great To keep the noble purpose of his creedStrong against all buffeting of Fate, Though no least solace sprang of work or deedFor him, since triumph came at last—too late. Brave, weary heart, that beat uncomfortedBeneath its heav
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. re the fur-rowed signsOf days of conflict, nights of agony,And still could soften to the gentler lines Of one whose tenderness and truth went freeBeyond the pale of any small confinesTo understand and help humanity. Wise, steadfast mind, that grasped a peoples need,Counting nor pain nor sacrifice too great To keep the noble purpose of his creedStrong against all buffeting of Fate, Though no least solace sprang of work or deedFor him, since triumph came at last—too late. Brave, weary heart, that beat uncomfortedBeneath its heavy load of grief and care; That tears of blood for every battle shed, Yet called on mirth to help his comrades bear The waiting hours of anguish, and that spedWith loyal haste each breath of balm to share. Only his peoples griefs were his; no partHad he within their joy; nor his the toll To know the love that made rebellion start,Spurred hosts unnumbered to a higher goal; That his great soul should cleanse a nations heart,His martyred heart awake a nations mH H .2 « § PL, B cc aT Z a o PL, o *» £ S O o THE POETS LINCOLN 63 THE last home of the parents of Lincoln. Built byhis father, Thomas, in 1831, near Farmington,Coles Co., 111. The father died here in 1851 andthe step-mother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, in 1869. AfterLincoln was elected President in 1860, and before leav-ing for Washington to be inaugurated, he visited hismother in this cabin for the last time. As he wasleaving her, she made a prediction of his tragic arms about his neck, with tears streaming downher cheeks, she declared it was the last time she wouldever see him alive, and it proved to be so. Lincoln once said, I was told that I never wouldmake a lawyer if I did not understand what demon-strate means. I left my situation in Springfield, wentto my fathers house, and stayed there till I could giveany proposition in the six books of Euclid at sight. Ithere found out what demonstrate means.
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