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Subject: GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM (1831-1881)
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First Line: President garfield has been shot, %and alexander graham bell
Last Line: Will get there first. But in his way, %as always, he's right on the money
Subject(s): Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


AT THE PRESIDENT'S GRAVE, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All summer long the people knelt
Last Line: Of earth's eternal heritage.
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


CHARLES GUITEAU, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come all ye christian people
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


GARFIELD, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From out of the vast, wide bosomed west
Last Line: To do, and so deserve to rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


GARFIELD'S RIDE AT CHICKAMAUGA, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Again the summer-fevered skies
Last Line: By chickamauga river.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Chickamauga, Battle Of (1863); Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881); Thomas, George Henry (1816-1870); United States - History


IN MEMORIAM: ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I see the nation, as in antique ages
Last Line: Ah! In god's hand the nations are but -- dust!
Subject(s): Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


J.A.G, by JULIA WARD HOWE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Our sorrow sends its shadow round the earth
Last Line: The hero's garland his, the martyr's crown.
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


MIDNIGHT - SEPTEMBER 19, 1881, by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Once in a lifetime, we may see the veil
Last Line: With freedom, in the capitol, at rest.
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fallen with autumn's falling leaf
Last Line: A nation bowed, a world in tears.
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


PRESIDENT GARFIELD, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: These words the poet heard in paradise
Last Line: "I came from martyrdom unto this peace!"
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


PRESIDENT GARFIELD, by GEORGE SANTAYANA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A child of fortune, taught in freedom's school
Last Line: A withered hope, a sorrow, and a name.
Subject(s): Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


REJOICE, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From out my deep, wide-bosomed west
Last Line: Lo! All is for the best for all!
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


THE BELLS AT MIDNIGHT, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How long, o sister, how long
Last Line: Surely, some chieftain's soul!
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


THE SOBBING OF THE BELLS (MIDNIGHT, SEPT. 19-20, 1881), by WALT WHITMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news every
Last Line: Those heart-beats of a nation in the night.
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)


TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON, ON THE DEATH OF GARFIELD, SEPTEMBER, 1881, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Poet of every soul that grieves
Last Line: This burden from the people's heart!
Subject(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)