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Subject: MCKINLEY, WILLIAM (1843-1901)
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First Line: Tis not the president alone
Last Line: And with new yearnings in her eyes / climbs to her watch-tower - reassured
Subject(s): "assassination;buffalo (city), New York;mckinley, William (1843-1901);


FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, by RICHARD HANDFIELD TITHERINGTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: His work is done, his toil is o'er
Last Line: "god reigns and the republic lives!"
Subject(s): Assassination; Mckinley, William (1843-1901)


NUMBER ONE MAN ON THE SIT-DOWN POWER MOWERS AT LAKEWOOD CEMETERY, by KEITH GUNDERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: And mckinley was number one man on the sit-down power mowers at
Last Line: Toes compared to mckinley
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Mckinley, William (1843-1901)


OUTWARD BOUND, by EDWARD SYDNEY TYLEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Farewell! For now a stormy morn and dark
Last Line: Only our love and prayers.
Subject(s): Assassination; Mckinley, William (1843-1901)


THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, by PAUL BLACKBURN            Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Mckinley, William (1843-1901)


THE ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A land of freedom! Who is free?
Last Line: And law alone -- on manly men.
Subject(s): Freedom; Mckinley, William (1843-1901); Liberty


THE COMFORT OF THE TREES, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gentle and generous, brave-hearted, kind
Last Line: Found comfort in the moving green of trees.
Subject(s): Assassination; Mckinley, William (1843-1901); Trees


WILLIAM MCKINLEY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He said: it is god's way
Last Line: To glory here -- and there.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; God; Mckinley, William (1843-1901); Nations; Patriotism; Soldiers; Dead, The