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ARTHUR by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY

First Line: IT WAS A DAY OF ANGUISH, RIMMED WITH HATE
Last Line: IN THE WIDE LAND BUT WILL RESPOND, AMEN.
Subject(s): MOURNING; PRAYER; BEREAVEMENT;
It was a day of anguish, rimmed with hate;
With trouble brooding over land and sea,
Rack all aloft and breakers on the lee,
The winds adverse, the waves importunate,
Accepting elevation reverently,
A mourner yet a master, fearlessly
Didst take command of the good Ship of State.

Thou hast commanded well; thy term is done;
To-day thou art our fellow-citizen;
And few will say thou hast not honor won,
Or call thee "great by accident" again;
And when one prays, "God bless thee," there is none
In the wide land but will respond, Amen.



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