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1865

THE DEATH OF LINCOLN

by William Cullen Bryant

THE DEATH OF LINCOLN -

Ohslow to smite and swift to spare

Gentle and merciful and just!

Whoin the fear of Goddidst bear

The sword of powera nation's trust! -

In sorrow by thy bier we stand

Amid the awe that hushes all

And speak the anguish of a land

That shook with horror at thy fall. -

Thy task is done; the bond are free:

We bear thee to an honored grave

Whose Proudest monument shall be

The broken fetters of the slave. -

Pure was thy life; its bloody close

Hath placed thee with the sons of light

Among the noble host of those

Who perished in the cause of Right. - -