. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. n at Ports-mouth, New Hampshire, November, 1834. Edu-cated there; specially known as a religious poet,although she has written much secular verse; chieffounder of the Portsmouth Cottage Hospital. Authorhymns, Swallow Flights; Blessed Company of AllFaithful People; Poems (complete edition), 1889. REST, REST FOR HIM REST, rest for him whose noble work is done;For him who led us gently, unaware, Till we were readier to do and dareFor Freedom, and her hundred fields were won. His march is ended where his march began;More sweet his
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. n at Ports-mouth, New Hampshire, November, 1834. Edu-cated there; specially known as a religious poet,although she has written much secular verse; chieffounder of the Portsmouth Cottage Hospital. Authorhymns, Swallow Flights; Blessed Company of AllFaithful People; Poems (complete edition), 1889. REST, REST FOR HIM REST, rest for him whose noble work is done;For him who led us gently, unaware, Till we were readier to do and dareFor Freedom, and her hundred fields were won. His march is ended where his march began;More sweet his sleep for toil and sacrifice,And that rare wisdom whose beginning lies In fear of God, and charity for man; And sweetest for the tender faith that grew More strong in trial, and through doubt more clear,Seeing in clouds and darkness One appear In whose dread name the Nations sword he drew. Rest, rest for him; and rest for us today Whose sorrow shook the land from east to westWhen slain by treason on the Nations breast Her martyr breathed his steadfast soul THE FUNERAL CAR THIS car bore the remains of the Martyr Presidentto his home in Springfield, Illinois, where theywere laid to rest. The funeral train left Wash-ington, D. C, on the 21st of April, 1865, proceededfrom that city to Baltimore, Maryland; Harrisburg andPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City, Albanyand Buffalo, New York; Cleveland and Columbus,Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; andfinally to Springfield, reaching the latter place May 3,where the last sad rites were performed on the succeed-ing day. The body lay in state in all the above cities,brief stops being also made in many smaller places. 158 THE POETS LINCOLN 159 RICHARD HENRY STODDARD in the following. Horatian Ode made a beautiful analysis of theMartyr Presidents character, with a magnificentpicture of the nations tribute of mourning for its deadchief: THE FUNERAL CAR OF LINCOLN PEACE! Let the long procession come,For, hark!—the mo
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