. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. er and plain, Rings out the grand anthem of Libertys warning!From green-rolling prairie it swells to the sea,For the people have risen, victorious and free,They have chosen their leaders, and bravest and bestOf them all is Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West! The spirit that fought for the patriots of old Has swept through the land and aroused us forever; In the pure air of heaven a standard unfoldFit to marshal us on to the sacred endeavor! Proudly the banner of freemen we bear; Noble the hopes that encircle it there! And where b
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. er and plain, Rings out the grand anthem of Libertys warning!From green-rolling prairie it swells to the sea,For the people have risen, victorious and free,They have chosen their leaders, and bravest and bestOf them all is Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West! The spirit that fought for the patriots of old Has swept through the land and aroused us forever; In the pure air of heaven a standard unfoldFit to marshal us on to the sacred endeavor! Proudly the banner of freemen we bear; Noble the hopes that encircle it there! And where battle is thickest we follow the crest Of gallant Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West! Theres a triumph in urging a glorious cause, Though the hosts of the foe for a while may bestronger,Pushing on for just rules and holier laws, Till their lessening columns oppose us no ours the loud paean of men who have passedThrough the struggles of years, and are victors at last;So forward the flag! Leave to Heaven the rest,And trust in Old Abe, Honest Abe of the West!. LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTFrom an Ambrotype taken at Springfield, Illinois, August 13, I860 THE POETS LINCOLN 53 WILLIAM HENRY BURLEIGH, born at Wood-stock, Connecticut, February 2, 1812. In earlymanhood became an advocate of reforms thenunpopular, and an acceptable lecturer on behalf oftemperance and the anti-slavery cause. He removedto Pittsburgh in 1837, where he published the ChristianWitness, and afterwards the Temperance Banner. Asa writer, speaker, editor, poet, reformer, friend andassociate, it was the universal testimony of those whoknew him best and esteemed him most truly, that hestood in the forefront of his generation. His poetry,animated by deep love of nature and a profound desireto uphold truth and justice, gives him a place with ourfirst minor poets. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1860 UP again for the conflict! Our banner fling out,And rally around it with song and with shout!Stout of heart, firm of
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