. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. ore divine than human seemed the deedWlien he the slave from hellish bondage freed, 230 THE POETS LINCOLN And from the South its human chattels tore. Twas his to Man his manhood to restore. That righteous action sealed rebellions doom, And paved secessions pathway to the tomb. But, lo! when Peace with Union glory, came, And all the country rang with his acclaim— A reunited country, great and strong— A foul assassin marked him for his prey; A bullet sped, and Lincoln dying lay. Alas! Alas! that he should thus have died— His cou
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. ore divine than human seemed the deedWlien he the slave from hellish bondage freed, 230 THE POETS LINCOLN And from the South its human chattels tore. Twas his to Man his manhood to restore. That righteous action sealed rebellions doom, And paved secessions pathway to the tomb. But, lo! when Peace with Union glory, came, And all the country rang with his acclaim— A reunited country, great and strong— A foul assassin marked him for his prey; A bullet sped, and Lincoln dying lay. Alas! Alas! that he should thus have died— His countrys leader, and his countrys pride! No deed more infamous than this— No fate more cruel and unjust than his— Can in the annals of the world be found. The Nation shuddered in its grief profound, And mourning emblems draped the country oer Alas! Alas! its leader was no more! But still he lives in his immortal fame, And evermore will Glory gild his name, And keep his memory in eternal view, And oer his grave unfading garlands strew. THE POETS LINCOLN 231. STATUE OF LINCOLNAt Edinburgh, Scotland, George E. Bissell, sculptor IT is within an inclosed cemetery, known as theCalton burying ground, which is separated fromthe Calton Hill by a wide thoroughfare. Thestatue is the work of an American sculptor, GeorgeE. Bissell. It is a fine bronze figure, and rests on amassive granite pedestal. The figure at the base isthat of a freed negro holding up a wreath. On oneface of the pedestal are Lincolns words, To preservethe jewel of liberty in the framework of statue is a memorial not alone to Lincoln; thelegend on the pedestal tells that this plot of ground was 232 THE POETS LINCOLN given by the lord provost and town council of Edin-burgh to Wallace Bruce, United States Consul, anddedicated as a burial place for Scottish soldiers of theAmerican Civil War, 1861-65. Cut in the granite arethe names and records of Scots who fought to preservethe Union, and who have found t
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