Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FAITH OF LINCOLN, by CLYDE MCGEE


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THE FAITH OF LINCOLN, by                    
First Line: Ah, no! Thou didst not yield thy trust in god
Last Line: Thou patient bore thy cross to calvary.
Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed


Ah, no! thou didst not yield thy trust in God
Amid the wrack of war's destructive hour;
Nor didst thou, cringing, pray that Sovereign Power
Repent and spare the all-avenging rod
On land where bondmen bled from lash and prod,
And rich besought their chosen deities
With pleasing rite and due solemnities,
Nor cared that man in hopeless toil must plod.
Thou to the Over-God of Justice prayed
For mind and heart made pure to see
The Way of Justice clear; and thus was stayed
Thy burdened heart that cried: "Do not spare me!"
As Christ before thee, humbly, undismayed,
Thou patient bore thy Cross to Calvary.





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