. History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion . he long, tempestuous night; He watched the reddening sky ;He tasted victory with the light, Then bowed his head to die. With booming gun, and tolling bell, Weve borne him to the grave,Through the broad land he loved so well, The land he wrought to save. Ye prairie winds, breathe low his dirge ! From all ye mountains gray !With mournful cadence, mighty surge, Beat the long coasts to-day ! Our tongues are stilled; we only know The Judge of All does right,With tears, the precious seed we sow ; Lord, make our harvest white. The Hon. Alexander H.
. History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion . he long, tempestuous night; He watched the reddening sky ;He tasted victory with the light, Then bowed his head to die. With booming gun, and tolling bell, Weve borne him to the grave,Through the broad land he loved so well, The land he wrought to save. Ye prairie winds, breathe low his dirge ! From all ye mountains gray !With mournful cadence, mighty surge, Beat the long coasts to-day ! Our tongues are stilled; we only know The Judge of All does right,With tears, the precious seed we sow ; Lord, make our harvest white. The Hon. Alexander H. Bullock, the speaker of the Houseof Representatives, and since the thrice-elected governor ofthe Commonwealth, was introduced to the audience, and formore than two hours held the vast company in charmedsilence while he depicted the life, the services, the providentialleadings, the character, the talents, and the death of PresidentLincoln. His oration ranks among the first of those deliveredon the same occasion, by our greatest orators in different. ^^ ^.^£f^£ THE MARTYRS TRIUMPH. 38 I parts of the country. If it were not easily accessible, andwere not destined to hold a permanent place in our nationalliterature, the author of this work would crave the privilege ofinserting it here to the last syllable. But as there is nonecessity for this, a few extracts will be given for the pleasureof those who may not see the oration in full. The openingparagraphs are given without abridgment as follows : — It would be a painful suppression of one of the finest of humaninstincts, and an unbecoming disregard of the official proclamation of thechief magistrate, if this city were not among the foremost to accord itsvoice to the personal cry of the nation. Never before, in high joy or deepgrief, has the normal simplicity of America given way to such pageantgrandeur. The great fountains of public sorrow have been broken up,and a whole people have turned out to herald their president returnin
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