. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. wentto Cornell University from which he was graduatedwith the degree of A. B. in 1885. He at once became a teacher and after a few yearsstarted the first Current Topic paper in the state, TheEducator. Later he edited a teacliers paper, TheWorlds Review. Perhaps he is best known as publisherof the Regents Review Rooks used in nearly every schoolin the United States. His death occurred October 19,1913. LINCOLN UNLEARNED in the cant and quip of schools,Uncouth, if only city ways refine;Ungodly, if tis creeds that make divine;In s
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. wentto Cornell University from which he was graduatedwith the degree of A. B. in 1885. He at once became a teacher and after a few yearsstarted the first Current Topic paper in the state, TheEducator. Later he edited a teacliers paper, TheWorlds Review. Perhaps he is best known as publisherof the Regents Review Rooks used in nearly every schoolin the United States. His death occurred October 19,1913. LINCOLN UNLEARNED in the cant and quip of schools,Uncouth, if only city ways refine;Ungodly, if tis creeds that make divine;In station poor, as judged by human rules,And yet a giant towering oer them all;Clean, strong in mind, just, merciful, sublime;The noblest product of the age and time,Invoked of God in answer to mens call. O simple world, and will you ever learn, Schools can but guide, they cannot mind create? Neath roughest rock the choicest treasures wait;In meanest forms we priceless gems discern; Nor time, nor age, condition, rank nor birth, Can hide the truly noble of the LINCOLNS OFFICE CHAIR THIS CHAIR was used by Mr. Lincoln in his lawoffice at Springfield, Illinois, where, before leavingfor the City of Washington after his election asPresident, he wrote his Inaugural Address and formedhis Cabinet, frequently conferring with his twenty-yearlaw partner, William H. Herndon, on such matters, andadopting changes as suggested if he considered themadvisable. It was presented to O. H. Oldroyd whileliving in the Lincoln Homestead, Springfield, by , March 18, 188(5. 36 THE POETS LINCOLN 37 JAMES RILEY was born in the hamlet of Tang, onemile from the town of Ballymahon, County Long-ford, Ireland, and two miles from Lissoy, CountyWestmeath, the home of Oliver Goldsmith—on the roadbetween the two—August 15, 1848. Published Poems,1888; Songs of Two Peoples, 1898, and Christy ofRathglin, a novel, in 1907. His poem The AmericanFlag, has been rated often as the best poem writtento our
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