. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. nal rolls. THE POETS LINCOLN 19 REV. GEORGE W. CROFTS was born at Leroy,Illinois, April 9, 1849. He was educated at theIllinois State University at Springfield, graduatingin the class of 1864. He was ordained to the ministryin 1865. He preached at Sandwich, Illinois; CouncilBluffs, Iowa; Beatrice, Nebraska, and West Point. Hedied at West Point, May 16, 1909. THE BIRTH OF LINCOLN NO choir celestial sang at Lincolns birth,No transient star illumined the midnight skyIn honor of some ancient prophecy,No augury was given from heave
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. nal rolls. THE POETS LINCOLN 19 REV. GEORGE W. CROFTS was born at Leroy,Illinois, April 9, 1849. He was educated at theIllinois State University at Springfield, graduatingin the class of 1864. He was ordained to the ministryin 1865. He preached at Sandwich, Illinois; CouncilBluffs, Iowa; Beatrice, Nebraska, and West Point. Hedied at West Point, May 16, 1909. THE BIRTH OF LINCOLN NO choir celestial sang at Lincolns birth,No transient star illumined the midnight skyIn honor of some ancient prophecy,No augury was given from heaven or earth. He blossomed like a flower of wondrous worth, A rare, sweet flower of heaven that neer should die,Altho the vase in which it grew should lie Most rudely rent amid the darkling dearth. There, in that humble cabin, separateFrom everything the world regarded great, Where wealth had never pressed its greedy feet,Where honor, pomp or fame found no retreat;Een there was born beneath the eye of GodThe noblest man His footstool ever trod. 20 THE POETS LINCOLN. Mendelssohn Darwin Lincoln MENDELSSOHNDARWINLINCOLN February 12, 1809 CLARENCE E. CARR, born in Enfield, NewHampshire, January 31, 1853. Received hisearly education from the common schools andacademies of the State, later from Dartmouth College,from which he graduated in 1875. Practiced law, was also a manufacturer and president of the New Hampshire Unitarian Con-ference, director and vice-president of the AmericanUnitarian Association, bank trustee, president of theUnited Life and Accident Insurance Company ofConcord, New Hampshire, and occasionally a wandererin the Elysian Fields of the Muses. The Three Birthday Anniversaries is the subject ofa highly appreciative article on the subject of Mendels-sohn, Darwin and Lincoln, by President Samuel of the American Unitarian Association, in theChristian Register of February 4, 1909. The centralthought therein is thus expressed very beautifully byMr. Carr
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