Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINCOLN, by BEULAH WINDLE SCALLIN


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LINCOLN, by                    
First Line: Brave soul, heir of sturdy mountaineers
Last Line: The great american.
Subject(s): Americans; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States


Brave soul, heir of sturdy mountaineers,
Trained in the rugged school of poverty,
Strengthened by obstacles that dared
His over-coming;
A man God made of steel to grapple with the wrong,
So tender and great-hearted, he was loved
And trusted by the little-ones of earth.
Crystal-clear in thought and swift
To follow thought with act,
One day he fairly faced the opposing storm
And called all men his brothers;
With one pen-stroke he willed it so,
And wrote thereby his name in living fire,
World-wide, age-long, yea, for eternity,
THE GREAT AMERICAN.





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