Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-10-18

~ Tend onward toits fatal end and knew
Then, like hero. with arm hand and sure M
,r She plucked the iron from her drssdal wound
= Alas how freely and how pure 1t flowed
When Lincoln to the helm of State was called,
America was drifting toward the rocks, -. o.,
The day Of dreadful reckoning had come -
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s,4rr, The sound of discord stiaed dies away,
I'D And the brave pilot sights the distant port.
And peace and mercy Grey wait i on al his steps
But the grand drama has bloodier act,
Blind hatred to the vast hecatomb ,.st ..
OF martyrs slain the last great victim adds - /!
= Lincoln falls bleeding at the assassin's feet No
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Die then. but die content, since ere they closed
,,- Thine eyes beheld the day of Justice dawn
5 And and athy bidding ni "a Whole Whole race oppressed
or family, of citizen, Of law. -
4 nations crime to expiate thy life
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s,..al The glory Of thy country, thy great name
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A model rare with model beauty crowned
Genteness, justice, and simplicity,
Her Hero and Christian rdSa N Child Child Of Liberty
81 2 Honest and dear Ths heroes Of old Rome am.
Thou dost not pale before. Democracy al. "a
'A too my Cincinnatuses can boastl
Upward and onward was thy course of ife
Thshewer Of wood, the unlettered laborer
hS set his firm m foot on the first round
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Made by the peoples love Chief Magistrate.
But not enough--one higher step remains
STis Bis and now, 8 Lincoln, thou N canst die
Earth and It's grandeur hath no more for thee. -
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When did thy covetous lust of power lead thee
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'iF - The browning glory Of all conquerors.iy
m Wouidst thon thy bleeding country have raised up,
And IN her bosom, rent with nameess wounds,
Now gentle was the soul in thy rude form
How simple, childike. guileess was thy heart :
Thou gentle statesman-ion nursed with milk!
For thee, thou mime fred with the assassin spar
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Among the parricides didst thou not know
That step by step does vengeance follow crime?
- ~ That thought immortal thought, sword can
b1 No power Can conquer not like II divine;
That who should Stay 1t only aida its GROWTH -
a Did the blow struck by Brntus save the world
From the oppressor's chainS No; C@sar's blood
The royal purple of Octavius dyed;
In Plato Socrates still lived and spoke:
= SL1uther, Meancthon Huss beQ ueathed his foes;
A-~ Joan of Arc. upon her funeral pyre
Transformed, became the angel of the land
And Christ In dying on the shameful cross
Saved lost world, that henceforh hailed him God
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Lincoln, sleep now in peace Thy memory
Girt with adoube halo will remain;
In good mems hearts thy name will over live
And tolls poor sons, soldiers to duty vowed -
The lowly, simple meek ones of tho earth 'a" y
Shall find In thee the hero of their dreams
1.-The worship fthose ancient rayagers
or states d.cfties, whose triumphant feet - -
Irampled to dust alike the child and sire p Z
2Scourges or God. In history shall pale 49, q
Before the growing spendor of thy fame.
,s bs q gentle hero, wise and great plebean,
Sleep th1T IN peace We bless theel sleep thor
The great good man lives far all time all men,
And when ne dies, his country not alone,
But alrthe world his memory inherits;
To thee man owes the slaves discovered chain
Thrones the example of duty done;
Thy country owes TO thee peace, strength restored
4Eufops an ideal grand and undefned;l
And future ages shall thy name inscribe
Higher than Uasarls-next to Washington.
-Harper's Weekly.