Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINCOLN - THE BOY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O simple as the rhymes that tell Last Line: The loving man he was. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States | ||||||||
O simple as the rhymes that tell The simplest tales of youth, Or simple as a miracle Beside the simplest truth -- So simple seems the view we share With our Immortals, sheer From Glory looking down to where They were as children here. Or thus we know, nor doubt it not, The boy he must have been Whose budding heart bloomed with the thought All men are kith and kin -- With love-light in his eyes and shade Of prescient tears: -- Because Only of such a boy were made The loving man he was. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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