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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH FOR LINCOLN, by WALT WHITMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: This dust was once the man
Last Line: Was saved the union of these states.
Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States
First Line: This dust was once the man
Last Line: Was saved the union of these states.
Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States
This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States.
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MARTAL DIPTYCH by GLYN MAXWELL
JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS by JOHN HOLLANDER
TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON
INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953 by ROBERT LOWELL
LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM
YOUNG LINCOLN by EDWIN MARKHAM
A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1809) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS
AT SAGAMORE HILL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS
BRUTUS LIVES AGAIN IN BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS