Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-18
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nBRAHAm LINCOLN.
Yo1rtI lssissnlrlD, AFiH Il, 1855.


YoUILT AssLSsINI TED, APEn Il, 1855. -.
v.,,.vov,..ah on murdered, Linooln's biar,
Yo1. Who with knocking pencil wont to trace. z
Broad Tor the selEoomplAeaut BEiti8h snssE, -
AIS length Of GhAmbhng limb hil; fuErORod ,iAoo
His g.unt. guarled hapdIs his unEspPt bEtIsltnl
His gar6 unoouth, hiS bearing III 81 e6se.
His Iask Of ~ No prize "a deboDslr,, r
or pOWeT or Will 70 shtnsS 9f art 70 PisRso. sssd
You whose smart pen backed mp the Pgneits l4ugb
Judging each step, q though me way we're plain
Reekleass 50 IL could point its pafagEapbs
OF chiefs PsrpleIity, or peoples Painl-iti -
Beside this corpse, that bears fer windingahsss
The aFB and stripes he lived to rear anaWs .
Between the mouFnGrS at his head an4 teaks ! @
Say, Seurrn JESTER - there RON hG year S7
YES, be had lived to shame me from NJ sneeE'
To lame my pencil 9nd eonfate ny Pen-ls
To make me own this hind OF princes peer,
rus Tail-splitttr tTuo born tinG Of man.
Nv shSlIow judgment Rfd learnt 70 me- q
EoIinR how 70 oeeGdOR'S height he FoSeI
How his' quaint Wit made homs-trGth sem more
How, 4ou-lEke, his temper ErVw BY blown
How humble, yethoW hopeful he e0ald bt:
How 10 good fortune and in III the same;
Nor bitter IN success nor boagtt9lhe
Thirty fer gold, nor feveiihh for iA1se.
He vert about his WUrk-Sueh TOrkas few
ETerhad Iaid on head and hADd- -5
As one Who knCWa WhtFe theEeB taak % Do
Hau'S honest viii mnSs aeATeh'S good Eraeo CON-
mAnd;
Who truss the strength Vim With the burden grow,
That Sod mRkes inssrumsnts to work hi1 will,
II hit that y ~ We can arrive 70 know.
Nor tnmper with the weights Of god and III
So he vent forth 10 battle, on thesIde
That he feit clear WhS IIbETty'BAud RighEG,
As in his peasaDt Soy hc Cd be bad piled
His HTiAIe With rude EstuEes thWArttng MiEht'E
Tho upcleartd forest, the upbEoken soil,
The iron bAVk that to rms the lumbsroE'S axe,
The rapid, that O'eIbsars The boatmKh's ton,
The prairie, hiding the mAISd wanderers tracks,
The ambulhsd Indian, and the proving bar
Euch we're the eds that helped hiB youth 70 train
Rough cultuTe-but such trees large tuit nay bear
IIbUt their BtoekB bO Of right BirIh and grain.
30 he grew up, . destined work TO do,
And lived 70 do IT. iour long suffering yean'
Ill.fate, i'll feeling, iiITepoTt, lived through,
Aud then he heard thshlsSes change % cheers,
The IauntO TO tribute O, the abuse 70 praise,
And took both with the GAme uuWAVOriDg mood
TIL, - be came on light, from DARLING days
And seemed to touch the goal from y here he stood
A Gslon had, between the goal end him, '4-
Reached from behind bis back trigger preSt-
And those PeTp.SKsd and patient eyes were DIM
Those gAnnt, long Eaborng limbs were laid to reGtl
The words OF mercy were upon his lips,
Forgiveness IN b q heart HRd on hl4 pen,
When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse
To thoughts Of peace on EARTH goodwill 70 men.
The Old World and the New, ftoD soa te see,
Utter one voice Of sympathy and lhAmel
Bore heart, 90 stopped when IL ut last beat high
Fad life, cut ahoFt just - Its triumph came.
A deed AccuntI Strokes have been struck before
By the hssaSSin'S hand, whereof men doubt
nmorS Of horror Or diSgrsee they bIrei ..,.-.
Vile hand that btandest m urd0r on q strife "a
WhstseT itS gfOunds stOutly and nObly StEfVen
Ard with the mbTtyT'S crown croWnOst . lif0
With much to praise, littlo to be forgiVenl