Show c oC r in coin 1 This poem appeared in London on Punch a comic paper which up to the of oC tIme the ns assassination of or President rm Lincoln had hlll ridiculed an and amid maligned him with all its wonderful powers of pen null and pencil Tho The V poem was accompanied b by a n cartoon tho tim work of Punchs Punch's best artist showing Lincoln in iii his Imis casket au auTom and U Tom Toni Taylor Talor the time cartoonist la laying a n. branch of ot laurel on ott the time bier It Is regarded clI as the time best epitome of or ori i Lincoln's life 1113 Ja labor laboranti or anti and achievement I I f i iF i I fl You Ja lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier f f c You who with mocking pencil wont to trace V If Broad for the self complacent British sneer j I U His length of shambling limb his Imis furrowed taco face 0 I t 1 Ills llis gaunt gnarl gnarled ell hands 9 his unkempt erupt bristling hair hall J I Ills His garb uncouth his bearing ill at ease case I Ills ls lack Jack of or orall all nil we wo prize as j I S Of or power or will to shine of art to please You YOUl whose smart pen backed up the tile pencils pencil's laugh i to j Judging each step as though the time way was plain Reckless so It could point its paragraph lj I J Of or chiefs chief's perplexity or peoples people's pain k It V Vf I Vf Beside this that bears hears for winding sheet sheel y f corpse f The Time Stars and Stripes he lived hired to rear anew z x t r i Between the mourners at his head and feet fel j J 0 S S Say r scurrile jester is there room for tor you rou I L. L 11 r f 0 M- M Yes lie Ile had hind lived JIved to shame me rime from my lOr sneer pt 1 i 2 1 To lame my pencil anti and confute m my pen i V To make malc me inc own this kind of or princes peer This splitter rail true born orn lung king of or V a men t U 1 shallow judgment I ha had bad learned to lo ruo rue 1 I I Noting Noting- how to occasions occasion's height he rose n t I I How lIow ills his quaint wit made malIc home truth seem I more lora true 1 1 1 f. 1 4 How lIow Iron liko his 1115 temper grew b by lows blows r. r I r How lIow humble yet yel how hopeful he lie could lie he fl f f IIo How v in good fortune and In iII ill the same I Nor bitter in IU success nor boastful he Imo of Thirst Thirsty fo for gold nor feverish fc for fame L t i He went a about out his work such stich work as few faw Ji i Ever Eyer hail had laid laW on head and anti heart and hand 7 1 I As LS one who nho knows where theres there's a n. task to do rio y I Plans Plan's honest will must He good d- d Heavens Heaven's grace command tl Who Vho trusts the time strength will with the burden prow grow row That God GlI makes instruments to work His Ills will v 1 If IC but ut that will we can arrive to know 1 4 r Nor tamper with th the time of 1 weights good and ill f So ho lie went forth fortim to battle baUle on tho the side sille That lie jw felt folt clear wan Liberty's and Rights Right's I As In Iii his Imis peasant boyhood he had plied t His Ills warfare with rude natures nature's thwarting The Time forest the time un unbroken soil I S1 I l' l rl The iron iron bark that turns tho time lumberman's ax l i The Tue that thal oer o'er i rapid ears the boatman's toll toU j tift l' l The prairie hiding the maze mazed wanderers wanderer's tracks s I F The Tho ambushed Indian an and the time prowling bear bear bear- rT fi S Such wore w-re the tIle trials that helped his youth to train Rough RouSh culture but ut such trees large fruit ma may bear If but ut their stocks s be e of right girth and grain f So he grew groW up a destined work to do 7 1 And lived l to do it Pour Four suffering long years years' III Hi fate ill feeling ill report lived through An And then he lIe heard the hisses turn to cheers The taunts to to tribute the a abuse use to praise I i And took both oth with the tho same unwavering mood V I Till as he ho came camo on light from darkling days 1 1 An And seemed to touch the goal from where he sA s l i l' l j 1 f r. r I t A v between the goal and him tf i l. l I t Reached fi ach from behind his back a 1 trigger g And nd those perl perplexed le ell and patient eyes were dim IS I.'S I. I S 'S f Tho Those c gaunt Ion long laboring limbs limb were laid haiti to rest y V. V The wor words s of or mercy were upon his Ups lips t 1 Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen When his vile vUe murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts ts of pc peace ce on earth good will to men I The Old World and tho the Now from tea rca to lo sea 4 I Utter voice oice of and ono one sympathy shame shamo I 1 Sore heart so stopped when it at last beat eat high Sa Sad life cut short just as its triumph came i A deed Strokes have been Jeen struck before I f B By the assassins assassin's hand whereof men doubt ou t If Ie more mere of horror borror or disgrace the they bore Jore I I f t But thy foul crime like Cains Cain's stands darkly lr out L I i Vile Vilo hand that that bran est murder on a n. strife its grounds stoutly and no nobly Jr striven An And Aud with the tile mart martyrs martyr's Ts T's crown a life lIfo With Wita much to praise little to lo be forgiven 1 OC CX OC CX CX I |