Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINCOLN (1), by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK


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LINCOLN (1), by                    
First Line: Wise with the wisdom of ages
Last Line: Deathless, he enters life.
Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States


WISE with the wisdom of ages
Shrewd as a man of trade,
Grim as the prophets and sages,
Keen as a damask blade;

Firm as a granite ribbed mountain,
Tender as woman's song,
Gay as a scintillant fountain --
Yet was he oaken-strong.

Here, the wonder of aeons!
Born unto pain and strife;
Dead, 'mid a thousand paeans,
Deathless, he enters life.





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