Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON


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First Line: Within the temple of our heart
Last Line: Beats in one mighty tide—for you!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States


Within the temple of our heart
Your sacred memory dwells apart,
Where ceaselessly a censor swings
Alight with fragrant offerings;
Nor time, nor tide, nor circumstance
Can dim this grand remembrance,
And all the blood of Afric hue
Beats in one mighty tide—for you!





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