Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, by JOHN MASEFIELD



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First Line: All generous hearts lament the leader killed
Last Line: The promise of his spirit be fulfilled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Assassination; Dallas, Texas; Death; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963); Lament; Presidents, United States; Dead, The


All generous hearts lament the leader killed,
The young chief with the smile, the radiant face,
The winning way that turned a wondrous race
Into sublimer pathways, leading on.

Grant to us life that though the man be gone
The promise of his spirit be fulfilled.





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