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| Searching... Subject: PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES Matches Found: 610 22-FEB, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Three boys, american, in dungarees Last Line: Looked forward to the summer that is past Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) 6-JAN-19, by JULIAN STREET Poem Source First Line: Now let those slanderers whose tongues Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) 7-NOV-84, by BARTON SUTTER Poem Source First Line: Not one of my candidates won. Not one Last Line: Bristle with stickers and seeds Subject(s): Elections; Political Campaigns; Presidents, United States; Reagan, Ronald Wilson (b. 1911) A FARMER REMEMBERS LINCOLN, by WITTER BYNNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lincoln, / well, I was in the old second main Last Line: "I guess even you young folks would 'a' liked him." Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States A GOOD, GREAT NAME, by FRANCES ELIZABETH CAROLINE WILLARD Poem Text First Line: A good, great name!' so speak the bells Last Line: "it shall sing on, ""a good, great name!" Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1809), by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The wind blows through the chinks it's snowing too Last Line: With logs to mend the fire! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States A MESSAGE TO AMERICA, by ALAN SEEGER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You have the grit and the guts, I know Last Line: Oh, look over here and learn from france! Subject(s): France; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Soldiers' Writings; Tolerance; United States; World War I; America; First World War A WELCOME TO LINCOLN'S REMAINS, by MARTHA A. PARKS Poem Text First Line: Illinois' immortal son Last Line: Resting on her breast. Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History A.E.F. TO T.R, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Gone is the joy, - gone is the thrill of Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ABE LINCOLN BUILDS A COFFIN, by HAZEL HILLIS Poem Text First Line: A coffin for my mother! Last Line: No lips but mine to pray. Subject(s): Coffins; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Mothers; Presidents, United States ABERGAVENNY, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: This was the home of holy men Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by A. S. AMES Poem Source First Line: Born in a hovel, trained in hardship's school Subject(s): Holidays; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by JOSEPH AUSLANDER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Abraham lincoln was ten feet tall Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by FRED CLARE BALDWIN Poem Source First Line: With humor's wand inhands to hardship used Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by ROSEMARY CARR BENET Poem Source First Line: Lincoln was a long man Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by JOEL BENTON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Some opulent force of genius, soul, and race Variant Title(s): Another Washingto Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE Poem Source First Line: Here are a few stanzas from a poetic tribute to lincoln Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dead is the roll of the drums Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by MARY LIVINGSTON BURDICK Poem Source First Line: Safe in fame's gallery through all they years Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No glittering chaplet brought from other lands! Last Line: From eyes that never loved a humble hearth. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by JOHN VANCE CHENEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: His people called, and forth he came Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: From these wild hills that ring with feudal strife Last Line: In whose meek heart our great new age had birth. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by AMASA STETSON CONDON Poem Source First Line: Somewhere today in dolor and in want Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by ROSE TERRY COOKE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Hundreds there have been, loftier than their kind Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by P. C. CROLL Poem Source First Line: Akin to all that's noble, abreast with all that's grand Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by J. T. GOODMAN Poem Source First Line: A nation lay at rest. The mighty storm Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by EUGENE J. HALL Poem Source First Line: O honored name, revered and undecaying Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by JAMES NICOLL JOHNSTON Poem Source First Line: Bear him to his western home Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WALTER MALONE Poem Source First Line: A blend of mirth and sadness, smiles and tears Variant Title(s): A Masterpiec Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by FRANCESCA FALK MILLER Poem Source First Line: Alone? %in wilderness of lofty, virgin trees Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by FRANK MOORE Poem Source First Line: Stand like an anvil, when 'tis beaten Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by FLORENCE EVELYN PRATT Poem Source First Line: Lincoln, the woodsman, in the clearing stood Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by FRANKLIN BENJAMIN SANBORN Poem Source First Line: Though forts are stormed and cities won Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Child of the boundless prairie, son of the virgin soil Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Heroic statesman, hail! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by MONROE SPROWL Poem Source First Line: In cabined solitude, bedise dim fires at midnight hour Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by TOM TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You lay a wreath on murdered lincoln's bier Last Line: With much to praise, little to be forgiven. Variant Title(s): British Tribute To Lincoln;punch's Apology Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Peaceful valley reaching wide Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: No adulation vain the poet brings Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by ROBERT WHITAKER Poem Text First Line: There is no name in all our country's story Last Line: He has a place alone. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1), by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not as when some great captain falls Last Line: Of that paternal soul. Variant Title(s): An Horatian Ode;abraham Lincoln: An Horation Ode Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; United States - History ABRAHAM LINCOLN (2), by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This man whose homely face you look upon Last Line: To this dear benefactor of the race. Variant Title(s): Lincoln's Birthday;to A Portrait Of Lincoln Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 1863, by RICHARD REALF Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It touches to the quick the spirit of one Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 1865, by LEWIS V. F. RANDOLPH Poem Source First Line: What hast thou hidden, mournful night! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON THE FOURTH NIGHT OF INSOMNIA, by RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE Poem Source First Line: The loud voice in the hallway. The skittish pony Last Line: I am a shipwrecked dog whose eyes reflect nothing Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It is portentous, and a thing of state Last Line: That he may sleep upon his hill again? Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Injustice; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Peace; Presidents, United States; Social Protest; World War I - United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CHRISTMAS GIFT, by NORA PERRY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in eighteen hundred and sixty-four Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BORN FEB. 12, 1809, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer - a pulse of thought Last Line: To memory of him -- to birth of him. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE MASTER, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: We need him now - his rugged faith that held Last Line: Who willed us greater tasks, when set his sun. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ABRAHAM LINCOLN; ASSASSINATED GOOD FRIDAY, 1865, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forgive them, for they know not what they do!' Last Line: So let it smite, such deeds shall be no more! Subject(s): Assassination; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ACROSTIC: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by HARTIE I. PHILLIPS Poem Source First Line: Let none falter who thinks he is right Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States AMERICA'S TRIUMVIRATE, by ISABEL FISKE CONANT Poem Source First Line: Three masters among men our land Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) AN ADDRESS TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ... AMERICAN ARMY, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Accept, great men, that share of honest praise Last Line: Alike in merits, and alike in fame! Subject(s): American Revolution; Army - United States; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ANCIENT ABE, by CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Let us up and do or die' Alternate Author Name(s): O'reilly, Miles Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ANDRE'S LAST REQUEST [OR, REQUEST TO WASHINGTON] [OCTOBER 1, 1780], by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It is not the fear of death Last Line: By a soldier's death! Subject(s): American Revolution; Andre, John (1750-1780); Capital Punishment; History; Military Justice; Presidents, United States; Soldiers; Washington, George (1732-1799); Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Historians; Courts Martial ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by LEVI LEWIS HAGER Poem Source First Line: This day, upon the scroll of fame Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States APOTHEOSIS, by RUSSELL J. WILBUR Poem Source First Line: Resilient world, gargantuan, picturesque Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) APPRECIATION OF LINCOLN, by ROBERTUS LOVE Poem Source First Line: Somewhar down thar round hodgeville, kaintucky Variant Title(s): The Boy From Hodgensvill Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ART OF LOVE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: I learned in my mother's kitchen, at her hands Last Line: Satisfied, I'll let you lay hands on me Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States AS BARBARA CARTLAND WOULD SAY, I LOVE YOU, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: O worldly one, my bodice is not heaving Last Line: To say enough to care the very best Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States AS MY HUSBAND TRANSLATES FROM THE POLISH, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Unselfconscious as a statue, %he sits heavily on a thin green chair Last Line: In love or in despair %at the hour %of someone else's death Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States AT LINCOLN'S GRAVE, by JAMES MAURICE THOMPSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: May one who fought in honor for the south Alternate Author Name(s): Thompson, Maurice Variant Title(s): Lincoln's Grav Subject(s): Graves; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States AT LINCOLN'S TOMB, by ROBERTUS LOVE Poem Source First Line: Abe lincoln? Wull, I reckon! Not a mile f'om where we be Variant Title(s): One Of Lincoln's Roommates Speak Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States AT SAGAMORE HILL, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All things proceed as though the stage were set Last Line: As you desired them in these sixty years. Subject(s): Home; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) AT THE GRAVE OF THOMAS LINCOLN, by BRUCE GUERNSEY Poem Source First Line: Remember that winter, my father, just a score Last Line: This prairie is our home. Care for it. I will be back Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States AT THE LINCOLN TOMB, by JOHN HOWARD BRYANT Poem Source First Line: This tomb, by loving hands up-piled Subject(s): Graves; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here let the brows be bared Last Line: His laurels dim! Subject(s): Funerals; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799); Burials BABEL, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Scum from the pickle crock, dumplings with plum Last Line: And sang about a silver horse with wings Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States BABYLON, BABYLON, BAYBLON THE GREAT, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Isaiah, the country-boy,marched against ... Jazz Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States BALLAD OF 'TEDDY'S TERRORS', by STEPHEN FRENCH WHITMAN Poem Source First Line: There wus a lovely regiment whose Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) BALLAD OF GRIZZLY GULCH, by WALLACE IRWIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The rocks are rough, the trail is tough Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) BALLAD OF SAGAMORE HILL, by WALLACE IRWIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tis morning, and king theodore Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) BALLAD OF THE LINCOLN PENNY, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Down in old kentucky Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States BALLAD OF THE ROUGH RIDERS, by MARION COUTHOUY SMITH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We heard the sound of galloping feet Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) BEYOND THE VELVET CURTAIN, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Monthly I have come to these sands, monthly I have braved the %surge Last Line: Pilot this empty gondola, this navigable slipper, beyond the slap, the %first lungswell and shriek Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States BIRTHDAY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by MARY CLEMENT LEAVITT Poem Source First Line: From the tints and the tones of other years Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States BRESLAU, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: I see everything in layers: %trees, cities, species, the sexuality Last Line: As the lamps snuff out, the walls %crumble in, the canaries %leave of singing Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States BROTHER GONE, by GENE BAKER Poem Source First Line: How can we manage with our brother Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) BRUTUS LIVES AGAIN IN BOOTH, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What time is it? Last Line: (he rushes off. Great confusion.) Subject(s): Assassination; Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865); Ford's Theater, Washington, D.c.; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States BWANA TUMBO'-THE GREAT HUNTER, by WALTER BEVERLY CRANE Poem Source First Line: Beyond the sea there's much contented Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CABIN WHERE LINCOLN WAS BORN, by ROBERT MORRIS Poem Source First Line: Only a cabin, old and poor Alternate Author Name(s): Gibbons, James Sloane Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States CALL HIM THE CHILD OF GOD, by WILLIAM H. DRAPER Poem Source Alternate Author Name(s): Draper, W. H. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CALL OF THE HOUR, by MARION COUTHOUY SMITH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Open the gates to roosevelt; make way Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CATARACT OF T.R, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How do the speeches Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CHAIN OF DATES, by ADA SIMPSON SHERWOOD Poem Source First Line: In seventeen hundred thirty-two Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) CHECKERS, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: O my master of the armchair and the ottoman Last Line: Narrow trenches of leather lined with ripe, damp fur Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States CITOYEN, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Oh missionary, oh honey,' I say Last Line: We begin the slow march on the capital, we beat %the slow sheep home Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States CLOSE TO A NATION'S BEATING PULSE HE STANDS, by LISKA STILLMAN Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CLOSE UP THE RANKS!, by EDWARD SIMS VAN ZILE Poem Source First Line: Gently death came to him and bent Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN DOMINICA, by RICHARD BUTLER GLAENZER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A handful of blacks drawn up on the Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) COME AS YOU ARE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: She drives all night through the bovine dark Last Line: Abundance? How, later, to fit back in the box? Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States COMMEMORATION ODE READ AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Weak-winged is song Last Line: But ask whatever else, and we will dare! Variant Title(s): Ode Recited At The Harvard Commemoration, July 21, 1865 Subject(s): American Civil War; Courage; Harvard University; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Peace; Presidents, United States; United States - History; Valor; Bravery CONSOLER, by MARION COUTHOUY SMITH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I saw the great bronze lincoln, strong Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CONTRAST, by WILDA LEE CUMMINGS Poem Text First Line: He was a man of greatness and glory Last Line: That was washington, too. Subject(s): Boys; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) COOL TOMBS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: When abraham lincoln was shoveled into the tombs, he forgot the copperheads Last Line: The dust ... In the cool tombs. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Graves; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Graveyards; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones COURIER, by MARGARET DE KAY Poem Source First Line: There came a courier in the night Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) CROWN HIS BLOODSTAINED PILLOW, by JULIA WARD HOWE Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States CUBA LIBRE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: The plywood bar in the basement %glistened with silverfish Last Line: The primer of mother's muted heels %popping and sparking up above Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States CURRICULUM VITA, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Antoni szymonik, born 1983, subject of franz-joseph Last Line: 1974, died of a stroke beside a statue of the blessed virgin Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States DEATH AND ROOSEVELT, by ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES Poem Source First Line: He turned your lance, o death Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by ELEAZAR PARMLY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lincoln is dead! And all the land Last Line: The other, slavery's cursed chains. Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History DEATH OF ROOSEVELT, by THERESA VIRGINIA BEARD Poem Source First Line: Out of the west the wind Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) DIRGE ON THE DEATH OF ADAMS AND JEFFERSON, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Toll not the bell and muffle not Last Line: And angel harps may hymn their prayers. Subject(s): Adams, John (1735-1826); Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826); Presidents, United States DOES HE HUNT WITH THE GREAT ORION, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) DOUGLAS' COMPLAINT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He punished me - in fight you see Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States DROUGHT, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: After the grass burned, after our great Last Line: In your hair, death %and the banishment of death, wave %after wave Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States DURING THE SORTIES OVER BAGHDAD, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: A woman works with lace panels Last Line: A city that has never been bombed Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States DUST DEVILS, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Today, on the thirtieth of the drought Last Line: And dust devils, hot wind and sod, the gray scale %between black and white? Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States DUTCH ODE TO WASHINGTON, SELS., by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: No lofty monument thy greatness needs Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) EAGLE, by CAROLINE RUSSELL BISPHAM Poem Source First Line: A glorious sun has set. And lo Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) EINSTEIN'S TRAIN, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: For years I will track you, tunnel Last Line: And let lightning strike you twice Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States ELECTION DAY, by MARGARET BOYCE BONNELL Poem Source First Line: We miss thy figure in the throng Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ENGLAND'S SORROW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The hand of an assassin, glowing red Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ENOUGH, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Doesn't seem much chance to doubt it Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) EPITAPH FOR LINCOLN, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This dust was once the man Last Line: Was saved the union of these states. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ESCORT OF THE YELLOWSTONE, by JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Above him the wild skies bending Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) EXILE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: O marble aunts and grandparents %planted in this alien soil Last Line: For lilies in my arms and growing hair Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States FAME OF LINCOLN, by A. DALLAS WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Whereever men are civilized they know Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States FAREWELL!, by C. H. VAN HOUSEN Poem Source First Line: Farewell! Farewell, great heart!' Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) FATHER ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON Poem Source First Line: My private shrine. The gettysburg address Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY, by MRS. MADRID H. SMITH Poem Text First Line: George washington, a name to love and revere Last Line: Founder of old glory, the red, white, and blue. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY, by MARION COUTHOUY SMITH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It was star-time when he died Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) FEBRUARY 12, 1809, by GAIL BROOK BURKET Poem Source First Line: Oh, setting sun, had you no aureole? Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States FEBRUARY SPEAKS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Because I am so very small Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) FEBRUARY TWELFTH, by MARY F. HEPBURN Poem Source First Line: Loyal to country and comrades and then Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States FIGHTING STOCK, by DANIEL MACINTYRE HENDERSON Poem Source First Line: Quentin, the eagle, nobly dead! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) FIRST, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: First in war Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) FIRST PAGER, by GUY FORRESTER LEE Poem Source First Line: Scholar and soldier, wit and sage Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) FLAG'S MESSAGE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We honor our flag so bright Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) FLOWER CAST, by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: A flower cast has taken place for three days Last Line: Films in new york and a worldwide gold sealer %summed up that's one small step for %man one small st Subject(s): News; Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States; Radio FOR A LITTLE PUPIL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Napoleon was great, I know Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) FOR SERVICES IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN; MEMORIAL VERSES, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O thou of soul and sense and breath Last Line: And bless thy name forever! Variant Title(s): Hymn For The Services In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States FOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a mighty sound a-comin' Last Line: Fightin' trim. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) FRANK BROKE, by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: Frank broke the precedent and traveled to the odd east Last Line: He moves early and evacuates the fifth jet to washington. %in nineteen days it fit Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Travel FROM HAUNTS OF BEASTS, by JOSEPH BERNARD RETHY Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) FROM POTOMAC TO MERRIMAC, by EDWARD EVERETT HALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do you know how the people of all the land Last Line: Forever and a day! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) FROST HEAVES, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: When the winter retches so hard the roads contort Last Line: Frost heaves when I touch myself %pretending to touch her Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States FUNERAL HYMN, by PHINEAS DENSMORE GURLEY Poem Source First Line: Rest, noble martyr! Rest in peace Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States FUNERAL HYMN, by PHOEBE A. HANAFORD Poem Source First Line: Hushed today are the sounds of gladness Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States GEORGE WASHINGTON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In seventeen hundred thirty-two Last Line: And earthly life shall end Subject(s): "presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); GEORGE WASHINGTON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: By broad potomac's silent shore Last Line: Art to his fame no aid hath lent; / his country is his monument Subject(s): "presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); GEORGE WASHINGTON, by LAURA REW BIXBY Poem Text First Line: A nation was born in a vast new domain Last Line: Of a self-governed people. May they honor his name! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; United States - History; United States - Politics & Government; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, by ALICE CRAIG EDGERTON Poem Source First Line: From time's beginning it was foreordained Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, by MARYANN WEEKS ELLIS Poem Text First Line: First in war was he Last Line: His valiant deeds will ever recall. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, by ROSE L. HERZOG Poem Text First Line: Twas in seventeen hundred and thirty - two Last Line: Yet each may have part in this bicentenary. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, by JOHN HALL INGHAM Poem Text First Line: This was the man god gave us when the hour Last Line: The everlasting surges of the tide. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: How did george washington look Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, by CARLO VILLA Poem Source First Line: Sometimes the captain feels unwell Last Line: We must write him a letter Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON - A PORTRAIT, by MINNIE PARKER MCCOWN Poem Text First Line: We do not think of him as fair of face Last Line: A soul of adamant, undaunted and sublime. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE LOSS OF HIS TEETH, by DIANE WAKOSKI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An ultimate / in the un-romantic Last Line: Got the teeth in your mouth Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Teeth; Washington, George (1732-1799); Toothaches GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE LOSS OF HIS TEETH, by DIANE WAKOSKI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: An ultimate %in the un-romantic Last Line: Got the teeth in your mouth Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Teeth; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS LUCKY!, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am eight years old Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GEORGE WASHINGTON, LOVER, by GREG HEWETT Poem Source First Line: I always preferred the quiet life Last Line: I am the good wife Subject(s): Masculinity (psychology); Men; Presidents, United States; Washington, D.c.; Washington, George (1732-1799) GHOSTS OF THE NEW WORLD, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are no ghosts, you say Last Line: Calls to the slumbering host. Subject(s): Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Death; Dreams; Earth; Explorers; Ghosts; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Supernatural; Dead, The; Nightmares; World; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers GOD SAVE OUR PRESIDENT, by FRANCIS DE HAES JANVIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All hail! Unfurl the stripes and stars! Last Line: God save our president! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States; United States; America GONE IS ULYSSES, by MARIE L. EGLINTON Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) GRAVE OF ROOSEVELT, by SNOW LONGLEY HOUGH Poem Source First Line: He had found joy in these wide-reaching trees Alternate Author Name(s): Snow Longley Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) GRAY IS THE PALL OF THE SKY, by ROGER STERRETT Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) GREAT IS OUR GRIEF, by NINA JONES Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) GREAT OAK, by BENNETT CHAPPLE Poem Text First Line: Some men are born, while others seem to grow Last Line: When he might save a nation in its strife. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States GREAT WITHOUT POMP, WITHOUT AMBITION BRAVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) GREAT, WILD, FREE SOUL, by J. A. H. Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) GREGOR SAMSA SYNDROME, by DENNIS SCHMITZ Poem Source First Line: My nixon began when I did Last Line: I once copied to quote myself %into my wife's love Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Political Campaigns; Presidents, United States GUARDIAN OF THY LAND, by HERMAN MONTAGU DONNER Poem Source First Line: The world grows tow'rd its disenthralled Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) GUESS WHO?, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes fantastical %often bombastical Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HAIL, BRIGHTEST BANNER THAT FLOATS ON THE GALE, by WILLIAM S. ROBINSON Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) HAPPY WARRIOR, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Source First Line: In early years our valiant fight began Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HATCHET, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: George washington, though great was he Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) HE ENTERETH AMERICA BY THE FRONT DOOR, by WALLACE IRWIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Muses, lend me an earthquake Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HE HATED SHAM, by JOHN W. LOW Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HE IS ALL OURS', by WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: If I could forge you verses that would ring Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HE LEADS US STILL, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dare we despair? Through all the nights and days Last Line: The nation lincoln died for cannot fail! Subject(s): Holidays; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HELLO NEIL AND BUZZ FROM OMAHA, by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: Hello neil and buzz from omaha and the church camp Last Line: Thirty-four hours all the utilities and tvs can %start anytime you want Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States HERMANN KAFKA'S DINNERTIME PANTOUM, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: When father says it's time, it's time! Last Line: And when father says it's time, it's time! Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States HIS DAY, by WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: There were earth-men and wing-men Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WASHINGTON, by PHILLIS WHEATLEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Celestial choir! Enthron'd in realms of light Last Line: With gold unfading, washington! Be thine. Alternate Author Name(s): Peters, Phillis Variant Title(s): George Washington Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Mortality; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) HIS LAST WORDS, by EDITH DALEY Poem Source First Line: Put out the light!' although the Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HIS LIVING MONUMENT, by MINNA IRVING Poem Source First Line: Though many a year above his dust Alternate Author Name(s): Michener, Harry, Mrs. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HIS NAME, by PAULINE FRANCES CAMP Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Just a wee little scrap of a laddie, so fair Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HISTORIC EPISODES, by PETER WELLINGTON CLARK Poem Source First Line: Toussaint %sticking out his tongue Subject(s): Abolitionists; Brown, John (1800-1859); Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906); Jesus Christ; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Slavery; Toussaint L'ouverture (1743-1803) HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Higgledy-piggledy, / benjamin harrison Last Line: Didn't do much Subject(s): Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901); Presidents, United States HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Higgledy-piggledy, %benjamin harrison Last Line: Idiosyncracy, %didn't do much Subject(s): Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901); Presidents, United States HOME MOVIE, 1960, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Who were you before you could speak? Last Line: I wish I could cover you with language Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States HONEST ABE' WHAT STRANGE VEXATION, by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HONOR WASHINGTON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We're here today to honor washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD, by GAIL BROOK BURKET Poem Source First Line: Here in this simple house his presence clings Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN DIED, by ROBERT MACKAY Poem Source First Line: Above jedea's purple-mantled plain Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HUNTER, TIRING OF THE CHASE, by EDMUND VANCE COOKE Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) HYMN, by JR. ABNER CHENEY GOODELL Poem Source First Line: O thou who givest life Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HYMN, by JONES VERY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: O god! Who dost the nations lead Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States HYMN TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WILLIAM WILBERFORCE NEWTON Poem Source First Line: Saw you in his boyhood days Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States I WONDER IF HE KNOWS IT - HOW THE BOYS, by WILBUR DICK NESBIT Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) IF I SHOULD CARVE A LINCOLN, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I should carve a lincoln, I would take Last Line: Some new gibraltar, by our western sea. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States IF I WERE PRESIDENT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I were president, I'd speak Last Line: Is -- just -- what -- taft -- does -- do. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Taft, William Howard (1957-1930) IF LINCOLN SHOULD RETURN, by MARGARET E. BRUNER Poem Text First Line: If lincoln were to come again to earth Last Line: Distress would somehow know the thing to do. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States IF ROOSEVELT HAD BEEN BAD, by JOHN WALLACE CRAWFORD Poem Source First Line: You never spoke a greater truth Alternate Author Name(s): Jack, Captain Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ILLINOIS, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Shaped like lincoln's face, veined red and blue Last Line: And cottonmouth, the submerged willow root %I could wreck my life on Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States IN HARDIN COUNTY, 1809, by LULU E. THOMPSON Poem Source First Line: With flintlock guns and polished stocks Subject(s): History; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States IN MEMORIAM, by GEORGE DOUGLASS Poem Source First Line: Men come and go, as comes and goes Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) IN MEMORIAM (ABRAHAM LINCOLN), by DEXTER SMITH Poem Text First Line: Columbia weeps! Her cherished son Last Line: Our future is alone with god. Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History IN MEMORIAM: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by JAMES THOMPSON MCKAY Poem Source First Line: There's a burden of grief on the breezed of spring Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States IN MEMORIAM: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by ANNETTE KOHN Poem Source First Line: Let there be light!' - god's voice was heard Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) IN PRAISE OF WASHINGTON, by ELIZA COOK Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) IN THE COVE, by MARY FANNY YOUNGS Poem Text First Line: There's a hill above the harbor Last Line: Beyond the shining west. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE ON THE EVE OF A PRESIDENTAL, by JANE MEAD Poem Source First Line: I've been sitting in this parking lot %for a long time-thinking Last Line: Abraham. Abraham- %I'm talking about the wonder Subject(s): Elections; Presidents, United States IN WHICH ROOSEVELT IS COMPARED TO SAUL?, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where is david? - oh, god's people Last Line: "singing like a mountain rill!" Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Saul (11th Century B.c.) INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The snow had buried stuyvesant Subject(s): Elections; Presidents, United States; Stevenson, Adlai (1900-1965); Voting; Voters; Suffrage INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The snow had buried stuyvesant Last Line: The mausoleum in her heart Subject(s): Elections; Presidents, United States; Stevenson, Adlai (1900-1965) INTO THE SILENCE, by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The stalwart hands, with firmness Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) IT IS MY DUTY (1), by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: And it is my duty to say yesterday Last Line: That is our rate of salt %that is our agreement of chrome and autumn Subject(s): Duty; Military; Presidents, United States; World War I - Naval Actions IT IS MY DUTY (2), by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: It is my duty to say that the united states Last Line: Mr. Churchill will not forget the mortal cereal %but organize and slowly bring the horses on the sta Subject(s): Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Presidents, United States JOHN BROWN'S BODY, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They came on to fish-hook gettysburg in this way, after this fashion Last Line: And the strange south moved against you, lean members lost in the corn Subject(s): Abolitionists; American Civil War; Brown, John (1800-1859); Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Slavery; United States - History; Anti-slavery; Gettysburg, Battle Of; Serfs JOHN BROWN'S BODY, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They came on to fish-hook gettysburg in this way, after this fashion Subject(s): Abolitionists; American Civil War; Brown, John (1800-1859); Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Slavery; U.s. - History JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All generous hearts lament the leader killed Last Line: The promise of his spirit be fulfilled. Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward Subject(s): Assassination; Dallas, Texas; Death; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963); Lament; Presidents, United States; Dead, The JOHN HENRY JONES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I think I'll be like washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, by ELIZABETH H. WHITTIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He rests with the immortals; his journey has been long Last Line: Shall his voice be heard to cheer us, shall his finger point the way. Subject(s): Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848); Presidents, United States JOLLY SOLDIER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I once was a seaman stout and bold Last Line: "abd I'll still be the jolly, jolly soldier" Subject(s): "holidays;presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); KATHE KOLLWITZ, AFTER A VISIT TO THE NEW RUSSIA, 1927, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: My model sleeps. But no matter Last Line: Even there hunger rattles on %like an empty train Subject(s): Kent State University - Riot, 1970; Kollwitz, Kathe (1867-1945); Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States KNUCKS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In abraham lincoln's city Last Line: This is abraham lincoln's home town. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Secondhand Trade LAWRENCE WELK, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: I loved my gram, but couldn't stand her show Last Line: Would polka her around the universe Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States LEAGUE OF NATIONS; THE PRESIDENT RETURNS TO AMERICA, by NANCY BYRD TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Back to our shores he comes from the sad strand Last Line: A watch-fire on the topmost hill of time. Subject(s): League Of Nations; Nations; Presidents, United States; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) LEARNING TO DRAW, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Leonardo! I'm learning to see %in fractions: the body in eighths Last Line: In their saucers, and my frogs any moment %will leap off the page Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States LET THERE BE LIGHT, by JOHN PIERPONT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From the beginning the eternal cause Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LEWINSKI STEW, by PAT D'AMICO Poem Source First Line: Monica squealed while linda was taping Last Line: Though I fear she will soon have him fixed Subject(s): Clinton, William Jefferson (b. 1946); Lewinski, Monica; Politics; Presidents, United States; Sex LIBERATOR, by HORACE SPENCER FISKE Poem Source First Line: Uprisen from his fasced chair of state Variant Title(s): St. Gauden's Lincoln Statue, Chicag Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by GERTRUDE BLOEDE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, countless wonders brought from every zone Alternate Author Name(s): Sterne, Stuart Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LIKE A TREE, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE Poem Text First Line: I saw a sturdy tree, wind crucified Last Line: He stood quite like the scarred and noble tree! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Peace; Presidents, United States; Silence; War LIKE WASHINGTON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: We cannot all be washingtons Last Line: They do their best when they are smaller Subject(s): "presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); LINCOLN, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I knew the man. I see him, as he stands Last Line: Lord of himself, an inborn gentleman! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Crown we our heroes with a holier wreath Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by JOHN VANCE CHENEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The hour was on us; where the man? Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE Poem Text First Line: Whence came this man? As if on the wings Last Line: And belongs to the ages now! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound Last Line: And wrote thee down among her treasured few. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by LYDIA LANDO ELLIOTT Poem Source First Line: The deeds of him who bore that name Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a gaunt, scraggly pine Last Line: Bitter for remembrance of the healing which has passed. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by SAMUEL ELLSWORTH KISER Poem Source First Line: New heroes rise above the toiling throng Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Would I might rouse the lincoln in you all Last Line: Fire that freed the slave. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by RICHARD LINTHICUM Poem Source First Line: What strong, sure hand shall guide the laboring ship Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by THOMAS MACKELLAR Poem Source First Line: So deep our grief, it may be silence is Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Chained by stern duty to the rock of state Last Line: Who always on earth's little ones hath smiled. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by WILBUR DICK NESBIT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We mark the lovly place where he was born Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by ROBERT HENRY NEWELL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Twas needed - the name of a martyr sublime Alternate Author Name(s): Kerr, Orpheus Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by BENJAMIN S. PARKER Poem Source First Line: The voice is hushed, the heart is still Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We lift the curtain of the past to-day Last Line: The world shall echo with our lincoln's name. Alternate Author Name(s): Ray, Cordelia Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A peaceful life; - just toil and rest Last Line: Of self, his peaceful life. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by BEULAH WINDLE SCALLIN Poem Text First Line: Brave soul, heir of sturdy mountaineers Last Line: The great american. Subject(s): Americans; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE Poem Text First Line: I mused by lincoln's statue on the square Last Line: Ring out his eulogy in silver songs. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Praise; Presidents, United States; Statues LINCOLN, by B. F. M. SOURS Poem Source First Line: Over snowy fields of cotton Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Say - if men asked for him - he has gone home Last Line: "they have the power to will, the will to wait." Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Heroic soul, in homely garb half hid Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by HENRY TYRRELL Poem Text First Line: Lincoln arose! The masterful, great man Last Line: Blending of puritan and cavalier. Variant Title(s): The Masterful Great Man;lincoln's Way Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In him distilled and potent the choice essence of a race! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by RICHARD WIGHTMAN Poem Source First Line: And he was once a babe, little and like any other Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: A log cabin, rude and rough Last Line: Of that dim shadowy firelit room. Subject(s): February; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN (1), by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Wise with the wisdom of ages Last Line: Deathless, he enters life. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN (2), by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: He walked among us and we passed him by Last Line: The goal of their desires, with breaking dawn. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN - THE BOY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O simple as the rhymes that tell Last Line: The loving man he was. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN AND HIS PSALM, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TAYLOR Poem Source First Line: Move on, ye pilgrims, to the springfield tomb Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG, by MARY MATHEWS ADAMS Poem Source First Line: A nation's voice, a nation's praise Subject(s): American Civil War; Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History LINCOLN BOULDER, by LOUIS BRADFORD COUCH Poem Source First Line: O mighty boulder, wrought by god's own hand Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN CAMPAIGN SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We hear a cry increasing still Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN CENTENARY ODE, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: No ceremonial Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN IN BRONZE, by ROBERTUS LOVE Poem Source First Line: Here do I look upon historic form Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN LEADS, by MINNA IRVING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Across the page of history Last Line: For lincoln leads them all. Alternate Author Name(s): Michener, Harry, Mrs. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN SLAIN, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the moment of his glory Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN STILL LIVES, by CHARLES MUMFORD Poem Text First Line: This mask of bronze cannot conceal his heart Last Line: O shame-faced death, you sped your shaft in vain. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lincoln is not dead Last Line: To make the world a world of friends. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN! WHEN MEN WOULD NAME A MAN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On pleasure bent, see how the pressing hordes Last Line: Lincoln alone, in an eternal scene. Subject(s): Assassination; Comedy; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Plays & Playwrights ; Presidents, United States; Tragedy; Dramatists LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A sacred day is this Last Line: All glorified! Alternate Author Name(s): Hotair, Dopeton Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE Poem Source First Line: As back we look across the ages Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, by IDA VOSE WOODBURY Poem Source First Line: Again thy birthday dawns, o man beloved Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY - 1918, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When over-burdened with its care Last Line: Mine eyes will find their way to light. Alternate Author Name(s): Hotair, Dopeton Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN'S DREAM, by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How can I tell them what it was I saw Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN'S PASSING BELL, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tolling, tolling, tollint! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the norn mother saw the whirlwind hour Last Line: And leaves a lonesome place against the sky. Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States; Religion; United States - History; Theology LINCOLN: A RETROSPECT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Now that the winds of peace have blown away Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LINCOLN; APRIL, 1865-1915, by WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD Poem Text 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 LINES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The great, the good, the just, the true Last Line: The blessings, truth and virtue given Subject(s): Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848); Amistad (schooner); Presidents, United States; Slavery LION THAT ROOSEVELT SHOT, by ISABEL FISKE CONANT Poem Source First Line: I was a king of beasts, and he, all valor Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) LITTLE GIRL AND WASHINGTON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I'd like to be like washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) LITTLE ORPHANT TEDDY'S COME TO OUR, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Hotair, Dopeton Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) LIVE THOU IN NATURE, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) LO! HE WOULD LIFT THE BURDEN, by WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) LONG SHADOW OF LINCOLN, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Be sad, be cool, be kind Last Line: By the light of the hard old teaching: %'we must disenthrallouselves' Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States LONG, LONG AGO (2), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Back in our history long, long ago Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) LOSING LANGUAGE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: It's pan zbyszek's funeral, and I'm running late Last Line: I will neither fidget nor flinch Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States MAKING PIEROGI, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: The dough is not turning out. It refuses Last Line: And float in the salty water, and rescue them %again and again Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, by FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The chance-flung favorite of no lucky Alternate Author Name(s): Paget, R. L. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MAN OF MEN, by LEONARD VAN NOPPEN Poem Source First Line: Bred in a low place, lord of little deeds Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States MAN OF STRAIGHT WORD AND VALIANT DEED, by MARGARET BOYCE BONNELL Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MARTAL DIPTYCH, by GLYN MAXWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By stock-still flags on the hottest day Subject(s): Presidents, United States; War MARTYR, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: No, not in vain he died, not all in vain Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States MARY TODD LINCOLN AT FORD'S THEATRE, by SUSAN TERRIS Poem Source First Line: So I said no, no more dramas like these with pieces of my flesh Last Line: Let me, too, be freed from myself and from this killing darkness Subject(s): American Civil War; Civil War; Death; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History; Violence MARY TODD ON HER DEATHBED, by JULIANNA BAGGOTT Poem Source First Line: I can hear them, choking on spoons, screaming Last Line: In my handmade girlhood hoop-skirt snapping Subject(s): Death; Insanity; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States MARY, MOTHER OF WASHINGTON, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Children of fair saint botolph's town Last Line: Mary, mother of washington! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799); Washinton, Mary Ball MASTER OF HEARTS OF MEN THAT JUSTICE, by JOHN LINCOLN BLAUSS Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MASTERY, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: At 22, I snuck up on rembrandt's pose Last Line: Of what was lost: a rescue or refuge Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States MEANING OF W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: W is for washington, noble and brave Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) MEETING, by ELLA GRANDOM SMITH Poem Source First Line: Upward and onward his brave soul is Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MEMORIES OF WHITMAN AND LINCOLN, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lilacs shall bloom for walt whitman Last Line: And lilacs for abraham lincoln. Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Poetry & Poets; Presidents, United States; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) MEMORY OF LINCOLN AND THE YANKEES, by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Among the dear old friends we people cherish Last Line: And tell them of the yankees' blessed deed. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States MIDWESTERN AUTUMN, by IMRE ORAVECZ Poem Source First Line: The sun still shines warmly Last Line: To the recent immigrants Subject(s): Guests; Presidents, United States; Roads; Tourists; Travel MIGHTY OAK, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It hath crashed down-the mighty oak Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MINUTE-GUNS, by WILLIAM SYDNEY THAYER Poem Source First Line: A steel-gray sky and a slaty sea Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MISS VICTORY (1895), by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: You can't fool us, miss victory, queening it Last Line: Your left hand flaming, the other hugging the hilt Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States MISSING, by JEFFERSON TOOMBS Poem Source First Line: I lay down my fresh morning paper Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MOTHER OF LINCOLN, by BENJAMIN DAVENPORT HOUSE Poem Source First Line: Out on the lie of 'lowly born!' Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States MOUNT VERNON, THE HOME OF WASHINGTON, by WILLIAM DAY Poem Source First Line: There dwelt the man, the flower of human kind Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) MOURNING CLOUD LIES BLACK ACROSS THE SUN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MR. VALIANT PASSES OVER, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR Poem Source First Line: When the post came. And told him that Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) MY KINSMAN, by CARLOS DAY Poem Source First Line: Dead! %the one word sped Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) NANCY HANKS, MOTHER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A sweet girl graduate, lean as a fawn Last Line: Nancy hanks, in a lost log cabin, %nancy hanks had the loveliest face! Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Hanks, Nancy (1783-1818); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States NATIONAL COLORS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The red has been dyed with the blood of the brave Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) NEGLECTED GRAVE OF LINCOLN'S MOTHER, by JAMES CORBIN Poem Source First Line: A wooded hill - a low-sunk grave Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States NEIL AND BUSS SAY A WORD, by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: Neil and buss say a word from the president Last Line: They put an assembly for a return. %they put a panic last %the operation like a sunburn a doubts the Subject(s): Presidents, United States NEVER BREAK A PROMISE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If you wish to be respected Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) NIGHT RIDE OF ANCIENT ABE, by CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Not a drum was heard, not a party cry Alternate Author Name(s): O'reilly, Miles Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States NIXON AND NIKITA IN THE KITCHEN, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: At the threshold of the model american home Last Line: To tell the truth, and the young are rarely capable of it Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States NIXON ON THE PLEASURES OF UNDRESSING A WOMAN, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: With us, it is easy: a tug on the tie, the ubiquitous zipper Last Line: But for silence, longing, a residue of perfume Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States NIXON'S BRIEFCASE BY JOSEPH CORNELL, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Nixon rubs his palm across the large pores Last Line: He feels like a pharaoh at the mouth of his own tomb Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States NIXON'S NIGHTMARE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: B-52s with heavy payloads whinny %over the reflecting pools at versailles Last Line: Untwits the pin of a grenade. Serpents %of reel-to-reel shoot through the pool Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States NOT DEAD, by MINNIE D. WILBUR Poem Source First Line: We cannot think of him as dead Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) NOW WE SING OF WASHINGTON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: O captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done Last Line: Fallen cold and dead. Variant Title(s): On The Death Of President Lincoln;my Captain;to Abraham Lincoln;on Lincoln Subject(s): American Civil War; Assassination; Freedom; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Loss; Patriotism; Presidents, United States; Sea; United States - History; Liberty; Ocean O NAME FOREVER TO THY COUNTRY DEAR!, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) OCCASIONED BY GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The great unequal conflict passed Last Line: And all the pageant scene expires. Subject(s): American Revolution; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ODE FOR GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No spartan tube, no attic shell Last Line: That palsied arm no more whirls on the waste of war. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ODE FOR THE BURIAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare Last Line: Who perished in the cause of right. Variant Title(s): Abraham Lincoln;the Death Of Lincoln Subject(s): Funerals; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Burials ODE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY, by CHARLES SPRAGUE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To the sages who spoke, to the heroes who bled Last Line: And the beacon-fire raised that gave light to the world. Subject(s): Adams, John (1735-1826); Fourth Of July; Presidents, United States; Independence Day ODE FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Welcome to the day returning Last Line: Trust us, while we honor thee! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ODE IN MEMORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by RUDOLPH ALTROCCHI Poem Source First Line: A man has died. We pause to meet Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ODE TO T.R, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Thou who, with sword or pen Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ODE TO WASHINGTON, by LILLIAN R. FLETCHER Poem Text First Line: Out of the pages of history, beyond our memories' kin Last Line: Beyond the dim horizon, light of tomorrow's star. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ODE, BY THE CONSTITUENTS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, by JOHN PIERPONT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not from the bloody field Last Line: New life to give. Subject(s): Abolitionists; Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848); Presidents, United States; Slavery; Anti-slavery; Serfs ODE; FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY, by CHARLES SPRAGUE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The bugle is hushed, and the war-blade is sheathed Last Line: "sleep, spoiler of nations, the slumber of time!" Subject(s): American Revolution; Lafayette, Marie Joseph, Marquis De; Presidents, United States; Veterans; Washington, George (1732-1799) OF HIM WHO LOVED NOT REST, by HELEN GRAY CONE Poem Source First Line: How shall we say 'god rest him!' Alternate Author Name(s): Green, Coroebus Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) OH, FOR A SON OF THY RELENTLESS POWER, by LILBURN HARWOOD TOWNSEND Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) OLD ABE, by GEORGE E. TOMAN Poem Text First Line: Let's go and look Last Line: Maybe we should take our hats off, eh? Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States OLD CAMBRIDGE, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And can it be you've found a place Last Line: As all the world shall know! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ON A BUST OF LINCOLN, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This was a man of mighty mould Last Line: Stand as his cenotaph! Subject(s): Heroism; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Heroes; Heroines ON A CANDIDATE ACCCUSED OF YOUTH, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Too young' do they call him? Who say it? Not they Last Line: Ask the foe by which weapon he fears most to fall! Subject(s): Elections; Politics & Government; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Voting; Voters; Suffrage ON GUARD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Pain-weary, sore oppressed by time's Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A day of joy, a holiday! Last Line: The treasures of mankind! Alternate Author Name(s): Hotair, Dopeton Subject(s): Holidays; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ON READING OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S WORK POLICE COMMISSIONER, by WILLIAM NOBLE ROUNDY Poem Source First Line: Men of his mould arouse the dawdling Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ON READING PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LETTER, by H. L. GORDON Poem Source First Line: Perish the power that, bowed to dust Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ON THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Behold the mossed corner-stone dropped from the wall Last Line: And to thee be the glory alone. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) ON THE HILL, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There on the summit was your 'crowded hour' Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2) Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ONE OF OUR PRESIDENTS, by WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He sits there on the low, rude, backless bench Last Line: "I thought, ""thank god, thank god the ship rides true!" Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Statues OUR COLONEL, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Deep loving, well knowing Last Line: "but always said, ""come, boys!" Subject(s): New York City - Revolutionary Period; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) OUR FLAG IS FLOATING TODAY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The stories of battle and raid Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) OUR GOOD PRESIDENT, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our sun hath gone down at the noon-day Last Line: With its great seal of blood! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States OUR GUIDE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We celebrate the memory of our first president Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) OUR HEROIC THEMES, SELS., by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States OUR LOST CAPTAIN, by WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE Poem Source First Line: A kingly soul is dumb within the Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) OUR NOBLE WASHINGTON, by MARIE IRISH Poem Source First Line: There is a hero we love well Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) OUR PRESIDENT READS A BOOK -- NOT LOUIS L'AMOUR, by WILLIAM WITHERUP Poem Source First Line: Before all the world Last Line: We have sought his love for a thousand days Subject(s): Books; Poetry Readings; Presidents, United States; Reagan, Ronald Wilson (b. 1911); White House (washington, D.c.) OUR PRESIDENTS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: First stands the lofty washington Last Line: "twenty-eighth, wilson holds the place, / a nation's problems has to face" Subject(s): "presidents, United States; OUR PRESIDENTS, by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: First came general washington Alternate Author Name(s): Richards, Laura E. Subject(s): Presidents, United States OUR ROOSEVELT, by MARY DILLINGHAM FREAR Poem Source First Line: Grant us grace that we may greet him Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) OUR TWENTY-SIX PRESIDENTS IN RHYME, by JOHN NELSON DAVIDSON Poem Text First Line: First is a name the world reveres Last Line: To end our rhyme. Subject(s): Presidents, United States OUR WASHINGTON, by ELIZA W. DURBIN Poem Text First Line: O son of virginia, thy mem'ry divine Last Line: And the land that is hallowed by washington's grave. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) PANEGYRIC ON WASHINGTON, by ELIZA COOK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He fought, but not with love of strife; he struck but to defend Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) PARDON, by JULIA WARD HOWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pains the sharp sentence Last Line: Greatest, forgive! Subject(s): American Civil War; Assassination; Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; United States - History PARRICIDE; ABRAHAM LINCOLN - APRIL 14, 1865, by JULIA WARD HOWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O'er the warrior gauntlet grim Last Line: From his ashes makes us freemen still. Subject(s): Assassination; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Parricide; Presidents, United States PAT NIXON SPEAKS OF HER HUSBAND'S SNORING, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: For all I know his communiques %animate the gray pacific or ascend Last Line: Cliffs of rock along the coast, and the ocean %with its everlasting in and out Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States PATRIOTIC POEM, by DIANE WAKOSKI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: George washington, your name is on my lips Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) PATRIOTIC POEM, by DIANE WAKOSKI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: George washington, your name is on my lips Last Line: When will I finally become the first president's wife? Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Reverberant music of rejoicing bells Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States PHILOSOPHER NIXON AT FRISBEE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: It began as a game with his grandkids, an absurd pursuit Last Line: His body not the aimless arrow %but the tightened bow Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States POET'S WIFE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: She curses the half moon hanging Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States POINT OF THAT PYRAMID WHOSE SOLID BASE, by ? AIKIN Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) POLISH JOKES, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: In the deep freeze of the cold war Last Line: For feigning detente while dreaming of exile Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States PORTRAIT, by HARRY GRAHAM Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Alert as bird or early worm Alternate Author Name(s): Streamer, Col. D. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) PRAIRIE SCHOONER, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: That house at tenth & grant Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lay thou, o god, thy quickening hand Last Line: Bestow thy crowning praise. Amen. Subject(s): Prayer; Presidents, United States PRESIDENT, by PHILIP DACEY Poem Source First Line: One day the president remembers the silence Last Line: And the scent of the ground %touching him the whole length of his body Subject(s): Presidents, United States PRESIDENT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Hunter and soldier stalwart to the core Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S BURIAL HYMN, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd Last Line: There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim. Variant Title(s): When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed Subject(s): American Civil War; Death; Flowers; Grief; Lilacs; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Loss; Mourning; Patriotism; Presidents, United States; United States - History; United States; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Bereavement; America PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S GRAVE, by CAROLINE ATHERTON BRIGGS MASON Poem Source First Line: Lay his dear ashes where ye will Alternate Author Name(s): Caro Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION, by LAURA CATHERINE REDDEN SEARING Poem Source First Line: Lift up the bowed, desponding head Alternate Author Name(s): Glyndon, Howard Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States PRESIDENTIAL COTILLION, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Caste garden was splendid one night - though the wet Last Line: And it rung to the music of liberty's march. Subject(s): Lafayette, Marie Joseph, Marquis De; Presidents, United States PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1789-1845, by JACKSON MACLOW Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: George washington never owned a camel Last Line: Small enough to be %hidden in the palm of a hand Alternate Author Name(s): Mac Low, Jackson Subject(s): Presidents, United States PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 1853, by JACKSON MACLOW Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Are all the presidents whose names begin with 'p' dark horses? Last Line: As hawthorne did in a preface %for being a good friend Alternate Author Name(s): Mac Low, Jackson Subject(s): Presidents, United States PRIVATE CITIZEN, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He has this dream where he walks Last Line: Him and his wife Subject(s): Dreams; Presidents, United States PROCLAMATION, by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Now who has done the greatest deed Alternate Author Name(s): Breitmann, Hans Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States PROGRESSIVE, by JULIA COOLEY Poem Source First Line: The world is waiting, in a crucial pause Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) PUT OUT THE LIGHT!' AND SO IN DARK, by VILDA SAUVAGE OWENS Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) READY FOR TEDDY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hello, teddy! All th' west is watchin' Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) REQUIEM FOR PRESIDENT TAYLOR, BOSTON, 1850, by GEORGE LUNT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Enshrined in glory, as the golden west Last Line: And unborn nations love to speak his fame. Subject(s): Honor; Presidents, United States; Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850) RESURGIT THEODORE, by CLARENCE H. WILLEY Poem Source First Line: Our champion, great-heart, answered Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) RETURN, by WALTER TRUMBULL Poem Source First Line: The cyclone-cellar's open wide Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Old upright piano, she says, I am home Last Line: Canada has returned. Stroke the quilted %nap of her feathers, and take good aim Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States REVISING SYLVIA, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Eight-millimeter woman, phosphoric semaphore Last Line: Who hovers, wavers %but refuses to descend Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States RIGHT IDEA, WRONG RIVER, by NED PASTOR Poem Source First Line: Washington crossed the delaware Last Line: Across the hudson for that man? Subject(s): Bridges; Memory; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) RIND DOWN LIFE'S MAMMOTH CURTAIN, by JOSEPH CORSON MILLER Poem Source Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, J. Corson Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT, by JOHN JAY CHAPMAN Poem Source First Line: Life seems belittled when a great man Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT, by ROBERT H. DAVIS Poem Text First Line: He came out the void Last Line: Asleep. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT, by PETER FANDEL Poem Source First Line: Columbia %if aught but loss of honor Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT, by HERMANN HAGEDORN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The breakers pound the rocks and the Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT, by T. E. THOMAS Poem Source First Line: Twas not in him to deal with cringing touch Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT DEAD, by ROBERT A. DONALDSON Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT IN WYOMING, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Do you know yancey's? Where the Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2) Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT TO FRANCE', by SAM MORTLAND Poem Source First Line: Send roosevelt %ower tae france Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT'S GUEST, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There is a cry abroad that the president Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROOSEVELT, THE LEADER, by MARY SIEGRIST Poem Source First Line: From her red veins the mother fashioned him Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROUGH RIDER, by BLISS CARMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Where lift the peaks of purple Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROUGH RIDERS, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Their horses are picketed leagues away Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROUGH RIDERS, by EDWIN L. SABIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From where the chaparrals uplift Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) ROUGH RIDING AT EL CANEY, by JOHN PAUL BOCOCK Poem Source First Line: It was on july the first Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) RUGGED FACES, by MARY R. HARTMAN Poem Text First Line: I love the hills and mountains Last Line: A friend to all mankind. Subject(s): Character; Faces; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States SAGAMORE, by COLETTA RYAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The birds fly low at oyster bay Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) SAINT ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF HUNGARY, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Nights, under the tasseled brocade of my canopy Last Line: Feast. No man can live without it Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States SAN JUAN, by GEORGE MACDONALD MOORE Poem Source First Line: A health to you, teddy Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) SAPPHIC SONNETS, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Why do I try to glid you in this form? Last Line: While wishing someone would swing you, at last Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States SARGENT'S PORTRAIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by MARGARET RIDGELY PARTRIDGE Poem Source First Line: Art such as this has power to withstand Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) SEX LIFE OF POLITICIANS, by PETER RABBIT Poem Source First Line: The days of devil-may-care sex Last Line: Just before he comes Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Sex SHE DANCED WITH WASHINGTON, by ELVIRA SNYDER MILLER Poem Source First Line: With powdered locks and brocade gown Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) SHORTWAVE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: From moscow, london, and tripoli %shortwaves winged through the steel v Last Line: Attending to concerts, quiz shows, propaganda, war Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, by CHRISTOPHER MERRILL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I should have pocketed the key left in the front door of the embassy and used Last Line: I should have asked charon for permission to troll. %I should have thrown back what I caught. Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; Politics; Presidents, United States; Waterloo SHRINE OF THE LION, by WILLIAM E. BROOKS Poem Source First Line: When men, as pilgrims journeying Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) SMALL MEN AT GRAPPLE WITH A MIGHTY HOUR, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) SNARLERS, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When the mighty maccabean led the armies of the lord Last Line: While the snarlers are forgotten,-or remembered, which is worse Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States SOLDIER, STATESMAN, PRESIDENT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We're here to pay all honor to Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) SOLILOQUY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At first the infant Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) SOME YEARS IN WASHINGTON'S LIFE, by M. LIZZIE STANLEY Poem Source First Line: This wintry month of storm and cold Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) SOMETHING BETTER, by CLARA J. DENTON Poem Source First Line: I cannot be a washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) SONG OF THE EXILE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Oh! Here I am in the land of cotton Last Line: Fight away, fight away, fight away for %dixie's land Subject(s): American Civil War; Flags - United States; Independence; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States; U.s. - History SPACIOUS DAYS OF ROOSEVELT, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: These were the spacious days of roosevelt Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) SPECIMEN DAYS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: August 12th. - I see the president almost every day, as I happen to live Last Line: Of two or three centuries ago is needed Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Paintings And Painters; Portraits; Presidents, United States; White House (washington, D.c.) SPIDER ELECTRIC, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: It was advent. You wanted to be a shepherd Last Line: The smoke, you are patient all right, twirling the skillet %for hours, till the stickiness %is right Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States SQUIRE BOWLING GREEN, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You missed it - case all over! Lincoln's gone Last Line: Ten dollars, I believe, and went to springfield. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ST. ROOSEVELTIUS, by C. D. Poem Source First Line: America! America! She maketh loud complaint Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) STAG, by JOSEPH CORSON MILLER Poem Source First Line: A stag-upon time's quivering heights Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, J. Corson Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) STANDING THE GAFF, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If you have made some costly break, don't Last Line: Station, and with it you will always hold the world's respect and admiration. Subject(s): Admiration; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) STAR OF SANGAMON, by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Not out of the east but the west Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States STATES CROWNING WASINGTON (EXERCISE), by KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD Poem Source First Line: Maine comes marching on as one Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) STROKE OF JUSTICE, by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The hour was come, the nation's crucial hour Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States SUN, MOON, STARS, AND WINDS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am the south wind Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) SYNECDOCHE, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Curious the mute relics you left me Last Line: Without consuming for freezing the kingdom? Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States THAN GOD FOR A MAN!, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Thank god for a man! There was need Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THE BEACON LIGHT, by MURRAY KETCHAM KIRK Poem Text First Line: In the gray dim light where time is not Last Line: Protect this land that is your own. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THE BRAVE, by ELIZA COOK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: For whom are your gyves? For the cowardly one Last Line: But never, in mercy, place chains on the brave! Subject(s): Courage; Freedom; Presidents, United States; Wallace, Sir William (1270-1305); Washington, George (1732-1799); Valor; Bravery; Liberty THE DEAR PRESIDENT, by JOHN JAMES PIATT Poem Text First Line: Abraham lincoln, the dear president Last Line: "abraham lincoln, the dear president." Subject(s): Funerals; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Burials THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, by NEAL" "NEFF [PSEUD.] Poem Text First Line: Of him who stood foremost in this mighty age Last Line: "that the soil be not curs'd by the blood of the slave, / now the land of the free and the home of t Alternate Author Name(s): "neff, Neal; Subject(s): "american Civil War;assassination;lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865);nations;presidents, United States;u.s. - History; THE EMANCIPATION GROUP, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Amidst thy sacred effigies Last Line: And righteousness than wrong. Subject(s): Boston; Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Antislavery Movement - United States THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF WASHINGTON, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Well done! The statue, on its base of granite Last Line: Still sit supremely, and survive the storm! Subject(s): Honor; Presidents, United States; Statues; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE EYES OF LINCOLN, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sad eyes, that were patient and tender Last Line: From the luminous slopes of the stars. Subject(s): Eyes; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE FUNERAL DIRGE, by L. M. DAWN Poem Text First Line: All our land is draped in mourning Last Line: Rest forever, rest in peace. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE GRAVE OF LINCOLN, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now must the storied potomac Last Line: Freedom's jerusalem thou! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Variant Title(s): Lincoln Subject(s): American Civil War; Graves; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History; Tombs; Tombstones THE HAND OF LINCOLN, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Look on this cast, and know the hand Last Line: The thought that bade a race be free! Subject(s): Hands; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Statues THE HONEST LITTLE BOY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Once there was a little boy Last Line: Because he never tells a lie Variant Title(s): The Boy Who Never Told A Lie Subject(s): "honesty;presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); THE LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She bears no crown upon her brow Last Line: Nature and freedom taught her. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Marriage; Presidents, United States; White House (washington, D.c.); Weddings; Husbands; Wives THE LINCOLN CABIN, by KALFUS KURTZ GUSLING Poem Text First Line: Behold! The timbers rough, the lintel low Last Line: He, from this dark beginning, found the way. Subject(s): Houses; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE LINCOLN HOME, by ZELLA ACKERMAN Poem Text First Line: One sunday, on july the twelfth Last Line: We know his creed lives -- others can, who will. Subject(s): Heroism; History; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Parks; Presidents, United States; Heroes; Heroines; Historians THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, by ALMA ADAMS WILEY Poem Text First Line: Man of the rugged frame and calm, worn face Last Line: How pure the soul that healed a nation's woe. Subject(s): Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.c.; Presidents, United States THE LINCOLN-CHILD, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Clearing in the forest Last Line: Work wrought through love! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE LONG SHADOW OF LINCOLN, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Be sad, be cool, be kind Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE MAN FROM SANGAMON, AT GETTYSBURG, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG Poem Text First Line: I am a man who knew abe lincoln well Last Line: That was abe lincoln, friend of all the world. Subject(s): Gettysburg Address (1863); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE MAN OF PEACE, by BLISS CARMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What winter holiday is this? Last Line: To paradise, -- to peace. Subject(s): Holidays; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE MAN WHO LOVES, by ZUELLA STERLING Poem Text First Line: George washington wore buckle and rosette Last Line: "the man who loves his mother loves his wife." Subject(s): Mothers; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE MANTLE OF WASHINGTON, by ROYALL TYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! Heard ye not the cannons roar Last Line: For washingtons mantle is peace and free trade. Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE MARTYR; INDICATIVE OF PASSION OF PEOPLES APRIL 15, 1865, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good friday was the day Last Line: When they bare the iron hand. Subject(s): Assassination; Freedom; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Liberty THE MASTER, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A flying word from here and there Last Line: And have one titan at a time. Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States THE MAUL, by MARY E. NEALY Poem Text First Line: I saw a boy in a black-jack wood Last Line: Write half of its toil and glory. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Antislavery Movement - United States THE MESSAGE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let every south american beware, for lo! The strenuous Last Line: Has learned as thoroughly as we know. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long hast thou slept unnoted. Nature stole Last Line: Led by your teachings, and your prayers to god. Subject(s): Mothers; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE NAME OF WASHINGTON, by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sons of the youth and the truth of a nation Last Line: The name of washington! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE PASSING OF WOODROW WILSON, PROPHET OF PEACE, by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once more a grieving nation bows its head Last Line: When war forever shall give place to peace! Subject(s): Death; Honor; Peace; Presidents, United States; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924); Dead, The THE PRESIDENT (THE PANAMA TOLLS), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He plead for honor and the country's good Last Line: But left to history the ungrudging sort. Subject(s): Panama Canal; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Canal Zone THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown' Last Line: The head confined within a stovepipe hat! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Taft, William Howard (1957-1930) THE PRESIDENT WHO DOES IT ALL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography Last Line: The president who does it all Subject(s): Presidents, United States THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Behold he reared a race and ruled them not Last Line: The kingdom of the lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Edward Vii, King Of England (1841-1910); Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE PROCLAMATION, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Saint patrick, slave to milcho of the herds Last Line: And heal with freedom what your slavery cursed. Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patrick, Saint (5th Century); Presidents, United States; Antislavery Movement - United States THE PROPHET, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: America has nourished wiser sons Last Line: Stout heart, high mind, great-souled american. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THE QUAKERS ARE OUT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not vainly we waited and counted the hours Last Line: For lincoln goes in, when the quakers are out! Subject(s): Elections; Friends, Religious Society Of; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Quakers THE REVEALER, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The palms of mammon have ordained Last Line: Just where the boundary begins. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THE SECOND COMING, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY Poem Text First Line: Clutching their bosomed wealth, they made their cry Last Line: Grew dark with sneers. Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A. Subject(s): Judgments; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THE SILENT MARTYR, by BERTHA V. WALKER Poem Text First Line: We've honored martha washington Last Line: Of serving just one man. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE STAR, by MARION COUTHOUY SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Great soul, to all brave souls akin Last Line: Shall lead them, as a star! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THE STATUE, by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That I might chisel a statue, line on line Last Line: Enough, enough! We know thy statue's name!' Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Statues THE TIDES AT PANAMA, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As effort gigantic Last Line: "to prevent trust-promotion." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Panama Canal; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Canal Zone THE TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: When congress sent great washington Last Line: "so off they marched, with patriot zeal, / and took a patriot dinner" Subject(s): "presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); THE TROOPERS (1778), by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We clattered into the village street, and up to the rose and crown Last Line: "but death to a thing like a tyrant king, and his vassal, my great lord howe!" Subject(s): American Revolution; Great Britain - Rulers; Howe, Richard. Earl Howe (1726-1799); Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pale is the february sky Last Line: Increase of honors to his name. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE UNFINISHED WORK, by JOSEPH FULFORD FOLSOM Poem Text First Line: The crowd was gone, and to the side Last Line: And sank beside him on the bench. Subject(s): Freedom; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Statues; Liberty THE VOW OF WASHINGTON, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The sword was sheathed: in april's sun Last Line: Repeat with us the pledge a century old! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL, by CLARA BECK Poem Text First Line: Dreams are visions of the night Last Line: And nations join to hail him chief. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, D.c.; Washington, George (1732-1799) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by MORRIS ABEL BEER Poem Text First Line: A boy of old manhattan Last Line: Became a nation's tower! Variant Title(s): Boy Of Old Manhattan Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Iron is in his blood. He lives to fight Last Line: The record of his battles for the good. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. Poem Text First Line: Now with the dust that bore him he is one Last Line: He stands anointed at jehovah's throne. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by WILLIAM W. PEAVYHOUSE Poem Text First Line: His name, when uttered, thrills the world Last Line: As the world joins in his praise. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by LEONARD WOOD Poem Source First Line: He was a many-sided man, but four-square Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What happy, kindly memories fill Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THEODORE ROOSEVELT; DIED AT DAYBREAK, JANUARY 6, 1919, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Knell nor deep minute gun gave the world warning Last Line: Liberty's champion, cid of the west! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Variant Title(s): Cid Of The West Subject(s): Death; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Dead, The THEODORE ROOSEVELT; WRITTEN WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sturdy mountain sides have dowered him Last Line: Pour the serenity of hills and trees. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THERE ARE MANY FLAGS IN MANY LANDS, by MARY HOWSLISTER Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THIRTEEN COLONIES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: One little colony in a land so new Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) THOMAS AND NANCY LINCOLN, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fit us for humblest service,' prayed Last Line: Will hallow their repose. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Freedom; Indiana; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Lincoln, Nancy Hanks (1784-1818); Lincoln, Thomas (1778-1851); Parents; Presidents, United States; Liberty; Parenthood THOU SHOULDST BE LIVING AT THIS HOUR!, by KENYON WEST Poem Source First Line: Lincoln! 'thou shouldst be living at this hour!' Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States THOUGH OTHERS SLEPT, HE PACED, by WILLIAM B. GILBERT Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE, by ROBERT MORRIS Poem Text Recitation First Line: We are coming, father abraham, three hundred thousand more Last Line: We are coming, father abraham, three hundred thousand more! Alternate Author Name(s): Gibbons, James Sloane Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States; United States - History TIS NOT ALONE IN FLANDERS FIELDS, by FLORENCE MCLANDBURGH Poem Source Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Mclandburgh Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO A PATRIOT, by HARRY T. BAKER Poem Source First Line: Not his the craven's role, nor any share Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO A PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by EDITH COLBY BANFIELD Poem Source First Line: Thy rugged features more heroic are Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States TO A PRESIDENT, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All you are doing and saying is to america dangled mirages Last Line: Off from these states. Subject(s): Buchanan, James. President (1791-1868); Presidents, United States; United States; America TO A RELATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by HENRY HARRISON Poem Text First Line: You snicker that you do not care for him Last Line: It's you who live, but never can survive! Subject(s): Ignorance; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Racism; Shame; Dullness; Stupdity; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Within the temple of our heart Last Line: Beats in one mighty tide—for you! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by JOHN JAMES PIATT Poem Text First Line: Stern be the pilot in the dreadful hour Last Line: Made by god's providence the anointed one. Variant Title(s): Sonnet In 1862 Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; U.s. - History TO FRASER'S DEATH-MASK OF ROOSEVELT, by L. UPTON WILKINSON Poem Source First Line: Can this be your face, this whose calm Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO LINCOLN'S BUST IN BRONZE, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This bronze doth keep the very form and mold Last Line: Of armed strength: his pure and mighty heart. Variant Title(s): On The Life-mask Of Lincoln Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Sculpture & Sculptors TO MY BROTHER, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I loved you for you loving ways Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO ONE WHO PASSED: WOODROW WILSON, by LOUISE BURTON LAIDLAW Poem Text First Line: Great men have passed Last Line: Thy vision still shall lead. Alternate Author Name(s): Backus, L., Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Honor; Presidents, United States; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924); Dead, The TO ROOSEVELT, by FELIX RUBEN GARCIA SARMIENTO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tis only with the bible or with walt whitman's verse Alternate Author Name(s): Dario, Ruben Subject(s): Imperialism; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); United States TO THE SHADE OF WASHINGTON, by RICHARD ALSOP Poem Source First Line: Exalted chief, in thy superior mind Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) TO THE SPIRIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Shade of our greatest, o look down today! Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States TO THE STATES. TO IDENTIFY THE 16TH, 17TH, OR 18TH PRESIDENTIAD, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why reclining, interrogating? Why myself and all drowsing Last Line: South, north, east, west, inland and seaboard, we will surely awake.) Subject(s): Men; Politics & Government; Presidents, United States; United States; America TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by JOHN MILTON HAY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Son of a sire whose heart beat ever true Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I hear a mighty people asking now Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT, by OWEN WISTER Poem Source First Line: Today your threescore years have Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO VICE-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, by FREDERIC ALMY Poem Source First Line: If '80's scribe had to express Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TO WARSAW, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Your kino moscow gleams like a pink dish Last Line: I have few words, but will tell of it Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States TOLL THE BELLS, by GRACE D. VANAMEE Poem Source First Line: The knell it has sounded Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) TOLLING, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States TUREEN, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: Through the lid-hole cut for a ladle %I smell onions and broccoli %breathing Last Line: I hold you with a loose grip, one-handed, %to keep from slipping Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States TURN THEM LOOSE!, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Now turn loose teddy roosevelt Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) UNAFRAID, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Only the lion kings the land Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) UNDER THE OLD ELM; READ AT CAMBRIDGE ON 100TH ANNIVERSAY ..., by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Words pass as the wind, but where great deeds were done Last Line: Virginia, fitly named from england's manly queen! Subject(s): American Revolution; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) VALIANT-FOR-TRUTH, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Valiant-for-truth has gone - alas, that he has left us Last Line: Rode to the final goal, where all is well. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) VISION, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Friend of the people, purposeful and Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) VISION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WENDELL PHILLIPS GARRISON Poem Source First Line: Dreaming, he woke, our martyr president Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States VISITING MOUNT VERNON AND PLAYING HOMAGE ..., by K'ANG YU-WEI Poem Source First Line: Swiftly flows the emerald potomac river Last Line: Democracy for myriad ages will celebrate these three sacred %mounds Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) VOICE OF AMERICA 1961, by JAMES LIDDY Poem Source First Line: My hour switched on the cameras take Last Line: Let me steer close to touch. Your big whiskers Subject(s): Americans; Presidents, United States VOICE OF DESTINY, by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The hour was come, and in that hour he stood Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States WASHINGTON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: We all will honor washington Last Line: While battle and freedom lead us on / we all will honor washington Subject(s): "presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); WASHINGTON, by JOHN PAUL BOCOCK Poem Source First Line: Those glorious wars are long since sped Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by D. H. BOLLES Poem Source First Line: Transcendent man! His mortal part Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Arise - 'tis the day of our washington's glory Last Line: Whose honor was gained by his service to man! Variant Title(s): Crown Our Washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Privations grim were his to bear Last Line: Men's right to freedom might have been %a century more delayed Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by WILLIAM HERBERT (1778-1847) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A better prize / there is for man, a glory for this world Last Line: Sway'd once by vicious caesars. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by JOSEPH HOPKINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sound, sound the trump of fame Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by HARRIET MONROE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, hero of our younger race! Last Line: The strong who, having wrought, can never, never die. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God wills no man a slave. The man most meek Last Line: While time endures, first citizen of earth. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Great and loved and rev'renced patriot Last Line: And fame shall evermore be thine. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by NANCY BYRD TURNER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He played by the river when he was young Last Line: He loved america all his life! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Washington, washington, we would ask that we Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by BERTYE YOUNG WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long are the years since he fell asleep Last Line: "first in the hearts of his countrymen." Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, B. Y. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by MARY WINGATE Poem Text First Line: O noble brow, so wise in thought! Last Line: Shall turn to thee, o washington. Variant Title(s): When Shall We See Thy Like Again? Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: First of our great, we bring Last Line: Our debt for your great worthiness. Subject(s): February; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON ACROSTIC (FROM BYRON'S ODE TO NAPOLEON), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Where may the wearied eye repose Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON AT HOME, by JENNIE TRIPLETT Poem Text First Line: Today I fain would walk or ride Last Line: Here I would toil and cast my lot. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON AT TRENTON, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since ancient time began Last Line: Or can against the heroic heart of man prevail. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE, by R. G. SUTHERLAND Poem Source First Line: With his lean, ragged levies, undismayed Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON HYMN, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Praise to thee, o god of freedom Last Line: Than another washington. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON IN WALL STREET, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sublime, where traffic's billows beat Last Line: Their father blesses them. Subject(s): Love; New York City - Revolutionary Period; Presidents, United States; Wall Street, New York City; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON PLAYLET, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: George washington was born Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON! FEB. 22, 1732, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bright natal morn! What face appears Last Line: Where'er thou rulest, -- washington! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, by CHARLES S. DAVIS Poem Text First Line: All hail, thou glorious morn Last Line: Columbia's son. Subject(s): Birthdays; Holidays; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No rockets flamed in sudden fire Last Line: The grandest name that stars the state. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Babies; Birthdays; Mothers; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799); Infants WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH SANGSTER (1894-1981) Poem Text First Line: Tis splendid to live so grandly Last Line: Keep the thought of your natal day. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY (FIRST CELEBRATION IN THE NEW CENTURY), by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Earth, that hast countless aeons of swift days Last Line: But was foreplanned with elemental things. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S CHERRY TREE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: This is the trunk so black and straight Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S CHRISTMAS PARTY, by ADA SIMPSON SHERWOOD Poem Source First Line: Come, all who love a merry tale Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S COLORS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I bring, today, three emblems Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S FLAG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Flags flying in the air Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S LIFE IN SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: First there was the little boy Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S MUSIC, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The violin speaks Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S NAME IN THE HALL OF FAME, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Republics are ungrateful, but ours, its best-loved son Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S RUSE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When georgie would not go to bed Last Line: "you know I cannot lie." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S STATUE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yes! Rear thy guardian hero's form Last Line: Of brothers o'er the deep! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S STATUE, by HENRY THEODORE TUCKERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The quarry whence thy form majestic sprung Last Line: Renew the patriot's vow! Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON'S VOW, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How felt the land in every part Subject(s): Holidays; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON-MONTH, by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: February, february %how your moods and actions vary Alternate Author Name(s): Carleton, Will Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON; BRIGHTEST NAME ON HISTORY'S PAGE, by ELIZA COOK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Land of the west! Though passing brief the record of thine age Last Line: But bear me from my own fair land to that of washington! Variant Title(s): Washington;tribute To Washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WASHINGTON; INSCRIPTION AT MOUNT VERNON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "washington, the brave, the wise, the good" Last Line: "and in the hope of religion, immortality" Subject(s): "presidents, United States;religion;washington, George (1732-1799);" Theology WASHINTON'S TOMB, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tomb of the mighty dead! Last Line: Washington! Subject(s): Graves; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799); Tombs; Tombstones WATCHING MY FATHER PRAY, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: We are no longer in europe, in his father's provincial town Last Line: All the hours on our knees, praying for the wrong thing Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States WCW ON MARSDEN HARTLEY, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: He's a querulous bit of baggage Last Line: And you would have made %the most charming whore %in new york Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States WE CANNOT THINK OF HIM AS OF THE DEAD, by JOHN JEROME ROONEY Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WE MISS HIM SO! IN CLASH OF MEN AND THINGS, by WILLIAM P. F. FERGUSON Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WE NEED NO MARBLE SHAFT, by HIRAM MOE GREENE Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WE TALKED OF LINCOLN, by EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON Poem Source First Line: We talked of abraham lincoln in the night Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States WEDDING SONG, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: I do what I can for hanka, daughter Last Line: The pale eagle of poland sweeping off its crest, %our stamping and whirring heard %as far as the sil Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States WHAT DID WASHINGTON DO, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If we are going to choose today Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WHAT DO WE SPELL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Great was the hero whose name we shall spell Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WHAT MY FATHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT SEX, by KAREN KOVACIK Poem Source First Line: That my mother and he never 'had relations' Last Line: Of the piano, for he had always wanted to play Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Presidents, United States WHAT ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID AT HARVARD, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Said mr. Roosevelt: 'those are sticks Last Line: But downright roosevelt common sense! Subject(s): Politics & Government; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHAT WE WANT FROM MR. TAFT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear mr. Taft, so smiling sweet Last Line: A grand-stand play. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Taft, William Howard (1957-1930) WHEN HE DIED, by ETHEL BROOKS STILLWELL Poem Source First Line: I would not sing his greatness Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHEN LINCOLN CAME TO SPRINGFIELD, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States WHEN LINCOLN DIED, by EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON Poem Source First Line: Already appomattox day Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States WHEN SHALL WE LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN?, by MAY L. RESTARICK Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHEN TEDDY HITS THE WEST, by THADDEUS C. HISTED Poem Source First Line: He can have my old revolver Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHEN THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY WAS A LITTLE BOY LIKE ME, by ALICE CRAIG EDGERTON Poem Source First Line: I do not picture washington Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WHERE ROOSEVELT SLEEPS, by HARRY VARLEY Poem Source First Line: This is america! Within this tiny space Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHERE THE TREE FALLETH', by VILDA SAUVAGE OWENS Poem Source First Line: That great american and patriot Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHITE FRIEND, by CHRIS FLEET Poem Source First Line: Last november I drove a white friend Last Line: The white soiled locks of george washington %disappearing into the corn Subject(s): Friendship; Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) WHO GOES THERE?, by GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN Poem Text First Line: Who goes there? An american! Last Line: Honor and faith for roosevelt. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WHOSE SPIRIT IS SPED', by DEAN COLLINS Poem Source First Line: Nay, we would not choose us a funeral Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WIDE-AWAKE CLUB'S SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Oh, hear you not the wild huzzas Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States WITH THE TIDE (TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT), by EDITH WHARTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere I read, in an old book Last Line: Out with the ebb tide, on some farther quest. Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WITHIN THE TORRENT'S ONWARD WHIRL, by MABEL KINNEY HALL Poem Source Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WOMAN SPEAKS TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S SISTER, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I never clasped his hand Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) WOODROW WILSON, by EMMA VORIES MEYER Poem Text First Line: That all the world might smile again, I gave Last Line: "and hear their clear glad voices: ""peace on earth!" Alternate Author Name(s): Meyer, Emma Voorhees Subject(s): Death; Pacifism; Peace; Presidents, United States; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924); Dead, The; Peace Movements WOODROW WILSON - 1856-1924, by MARGUERITE MOOERS MARSHALL Poem Text First Line: The chill of no man's land had touched his lips Last Line: "one conqueror's work""—said harden—""wilson's thought." Subject(s): Pacifism; Peace; Praise; Presidents, United States; War; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924); Peace Movements WORDS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, by WITTER BYNNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Continents twisted in the grip of war Last Line: Was that a whisper in the evening trees? Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Unknown Soldier YANKEE DOODLE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dawn this morning burned all red Last Line: While seas roll on in laughter. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Patriotism; Presidents, United States; Singing & Singers; Washington, George (1732-1799); Songs YANKEE DOODLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When washington was very young Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) YOUNG LINCOLN, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Men saw no portents on that winter night Last Line: To bend the law to let his mercy out. Variant Title(s): The Coming Of Lincoln Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States ZEALOUS PATRIOT, by SUSIE MONTGOMERY BEST Poem Source First Line: If there was a war I'd get my gun Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Washington, George (1732-1799) |
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