. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. , born in New York,July 18, 1882. Instructor in English at Harvardin 1909-1911. Wrote several one-act plays whichwere produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club, and byclubs of other colleges. Author of The Silver Blade (aplay in verse), The Woman of Corinth, A Troop ofthe Guard and other poems. CH, PATIENT EYES! OH, patient eyes! oh, bleeding, mangled heart!Oh, hero, whose wide soul, defying chains,Swept at each armys head,Swept to the charge and bled,Gathering in one too sorrow-laden heartAll woes, all pains; The anguish of the t
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. , born in New York,July 18, 1882. Instructor in English at Harvardin 1909-1911. Wrote several one-act plays whichwere produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club, and byclubs of other colleges. Author of The Silver Blade (aplay in verse), The Woman of Corinth, A Troop ofthe Guard and other poems. CH, PATIENT EYES! OH, patient eyes! oh, bleeding, mangled heart!Oh, hero, whose wide soul, defying chains,Swept at each armys head,Swept to the charge and bled,Gathering in one too sorrow-laden heartAll woes, all pains; The anguish of the trusted hope that wanes,The soldiers wound, the lonely mourners knew the noisy horror of the fight,From dawn to dusk and through the hideous nightHe heard the hiss of bullets, the shrill scream Of the wide-arching shell,Scattering at Gettysburg or by Potomacs stream,Like summer flowers, the pattering rain of death;With every breath, He tasted battle and in every dream, Trailing like mists from gaping walls of hell,He heard the thud of heroes as they PRESIDENT LINCOLNPhotograph by Brady THE POETS LINCOLN 109 MARGARET ELIZABETH SANGSTER, born atNew Rochelle, New York, February 22, privately, chiefly in New York. Be-came contributor to leading periodicals; also editor ofHearth and Home, 1871-73; Christian at Work, 1873-79; The Christian Intelligencer since 1879; postmistressHarpers Young People, 1882-89; editor Harper sBazar, 1889-99; staff contributor Christian Heraldsince 1894; Ladies Home. Journal, 1899-1905; Wom-ans Home Companion since 1905. Author Poems of theHousehold; Home Fairies and Heart Flowers; On theRoad Home; Easter Bells; Winsome Womanhood ;Little Knights and Ladies; Lyrics of Love; WhenAngels Come to Men; Good Manners for All Occasions;The Story Bible; Fairest Girlhood; From My YouthUp; Happy School Days. She died June 4, 1912. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (February 12, 1809-1909) CHILD of the boundless prairie, son of the virginsoil,Heir to the be
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