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LINCOLN; APRIL, 1865-1915, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O thou that on this april day
Last Line: No marble white enough for thee!
Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States


O thou that on this April day
Went down the bitter road to death,
While freedom stumbled on her way,
Her beacon blown out with a breath --

Look back upon thy people now!
Behold the work thy hands have wrought, --
The conquest of thy bleeding brow,
The harvest of thy sleepless thought.

From sea to sea, from palm to pine,
The day of lord and slave is done;
The wind will float no flag but thine;
The long-divided house is one.

More proudly will Potomac wind
Past thy pure temple to the sea;
But, ah! the hearts of men will find
No marble white enough for thee!





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