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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.
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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