Show 0 0 I 1 THE BURIAL OF LINCOLN I 1 0 u the following song written and arranged to music by joseph langhorn of this city was handed this office by prof E D mann which lie he pronounced a very worthy composition there was anguish in the cry and the sorrow laden tear there was heartbreak heart break in the sigh As we stood beside the bier where the knight who bore our banner and who won the victors wreath lay in stainless radiant honor and the majesty of death there was agony of grief and a nation drenched in gloom when we laid our mar chief in the quiet restful tomb but no cloud might pass its portal nor within its confines dwell for a tame fame that stands immortal shines within that sacred cell there was triumph in his passage oer disunion dis union to the grave there was sweetness in his message of redemption to the slave and the glory and the beauty of our Lincol ns manly soul shall exalt the path of duty through the ages yet to roll |