| Show february has a significance tor for the american america citizen en hardly second sector to that of the it if is with no thought of bel being ng able to add in the least to the lustre of his name that we refer to that grift american statesman and president dint abraham lincoln it Is hard to connieve con cieve cleve of greater love and admiration than that universally felt tor for the man ian ot of sorrows as he was sometimes called we take lake pleasure in sub submitting mittin g herewith a poem contributed by a dear friend of the martyred marty red president he knew to bide his time and can his fame abide still patient in his simple faith sublime till the wise years decide great captains with their guns and drums disturb our judgment tor for the hour but at last silence comes these all are gone and standing like a tower our children shall behold his fame the kindly earnest brave foreseeing man sagacious patient dreading praise not blame new birth of our new soil the first american LOWELL Com ode |
