| Show THE BOYS LINCOLN by DOUGLAS MALLOCH I 1 love you roost for athla I 1 never knew a boy to alsa the glory of bour betori he could ba the boy you used to bo in ills imagination you were one he understood and knew though history was often dim lou were no mystery to liui with you because ho understood ilo flocked the gaidon cut the wood or drove the wedges for his she W ith you he aji before the fire and saw strange fancies in the blaze the god grants in boyhood dais or on some little journey tools along some well beloved book lie biad the bruise the blow the fall yet had a mother through it all A second mother wise and lind 1 es e eo bo could somehow find himself in I 1 lincoln could behold W himself the boy of olda could hear his voice and touch his hand A boy a boy could understand lincoln for this I 1 loe vou best you struck a park in boy hoods breast and lit in boyhood hearts the alre of liegh ambition that desire what flags are folded or unfurled that yet must somehow have the world if a lad could be the lad ahat lincoln was if boyhood had tint common 1 knew the truth of lincoln s dreams in I 1 lincoln s auth les felt his biln and ched bla joy if lincoln vas another boy then boyhood ajl ing manhood s aln could of n man could dare 10 beam hla and know A boy ma rise to any heights however high y if lie like lincoln dares to try lincoln tor this I 1 love you most that boyhood loves you men mav boast but this Is greatness and today whatever orators may sai in this your greatest greatness llcy I 1 see 5 our dreams in boj hooda cco Q bv mcclure newspaper syndicate |
