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Show r, ' Y.' 41 V i? ' l nrwin( yr may reiujtr dim fi'A k Ta-d.y w. ari ak,'. to kirn &$' ' i' 1 W.r. h.l wo. lyVil-cUJ h.nJ.. w I j V t . RcaliBf hV beta ruled ty iWorJ-hcJifJ kirJl, "" 'L , ? f ' Bu kt above thcra othere ttanJN . j j i 1 Ai one ko lovJ the common l1tir; . ' " I " The ftimmon faith of nun wu hie. S. i' .k- t The common faith inNpin he haJ V 4 ' I V v Fr thi-Jy hii (rave fca.ii I I A fcev.half joyouf anj tialfsJ. I A m of eartlit Of earthy ttuff. j ' vv V A honed ahe fruitful (oil. N. j S j CoarlcJ the frienjly trcet. and rou'h . 5 hilloidri tlitt 1i J know hit toQl , ". v Of krthy etuff let it'ke tolcl. V A,i V ; Far earth-born men rtee tad reveal . f -1 - A Ajj. fair a. beaten golJ N. , . '"' i i Andthe enJurmtf trenethNof ttecL .J V- I s A u Y i 00 now he dominatca our thought. V ? I V Thi humhle (reat man kolJj uaNkue f I Decline of all lie dronwd ana wroughK. ! Decaute he re akin to ua. , j, He ttclJ hie patietr tnut in truth " While God wa working out Ilia plea t ' i, And they that werehil foe. fortooth. -.1 , VCome to pay trihue to the Man. N. I V , J Not af the great who groV more great I , Lfitil they have a myetie fame T ' v J No etroke of fortune nor of Jate I Cava Lincoln hie undyiagXname. I i, j V1 A aommoli man. eirth-brea. eanh-bom. 1 , ' ' , I ' One ot the breed who workXaad wiir t .-'' '' .5 - Hit wae a ioul above all acorn. w, ' ' . - -wf IU Urt above .11 k.t nnnMiaiilliriin-llia,liiail liT'aavwiiftirywAWrfl, pnIWinTanmAWnnjnnn ' lift m4M rf f Wj Lincoln's mm favorite mM Poem Mfiim F Abraham Lincoln !t 'i f '. was once snhl that the prevnlllnjr Ketitlment of his powerful, yet sad, countenance was ex 11TmTTs" hy should tlie spirit of 'W$ mnr,aI be proud?" hjy' C A. The sympathetic ob ! r A server, who found thera y..Vvi; so splendid a slgtiin i csnee, iT'iesned the s , cret that lay within with almost c.Ialr-; c.Ialr-; voyant Inslnht. ! That Is th opening line of tho foera which was Lincoln's favorite. It wn written by a young Kcnt. biiinn, ha difl nt the riRo of r,7- the nge fstrd to Ittirns, Byron, Motherwell Rnd otlp ' er citt' d ports. To thoh-e who arrreclatrt meritorious verse, the ssnie plensnre can be en-Joyid en-Joyid here, In the reaJin of the poera In Its comple'eri'-ss, ns was vouchsafed vouchsaf-ed L'ncoln on that nt;ht of rare peacs snd talk of beauty amid the tumult ol war and strrr.s of his people's peril This Is the poem In full: Mortality Oh! wby alionld the Fplrlt of mortaJ be proud T 'Jke a awlft. nVr-tlnii mi"t(ir. a fnat-fly-liiK rlmitl, A fl i nil nt 1 1 in llchtnlna;, a break of thl wave. He ni"'"'th from life to hla reat tn th cruve. The leaven of the oak snd tha wlllim ehnll fniti', 1 a all (red ar'Hind ni! together he liiliti An.1 tl' yotine nrnl the obi, an.l tlm low anil the l.lfth, FIiB.ll nioulUcr to dust and together ahat lie. The Infant anil mother attended and loved; The mot her that Infant'a affecllon wht proved; The hiiHhifd that mother and Infant whi M-aaed Rach. n'l. are away to their dwctl.'nira ol rrat. The maid on tl- cheek, on whoK brow. In wti''i eve. Bhnn hi-nuty and pleaauro her trlumptu are by; And the memorv of thoee that rnlove her and prnUed, Are alike from the minds of tha tjvli. eraaid. The hand of the klnf that the arrptei hath borne; Tlie brow of the prli-at that the mltei hath ernrn; The eve of the imica and the heart of tht brave. Are MM-n and hut In the drptha of tl.l (rave. Tha pennant, whose lot wan to bow an to reap; Tha tierdatnan, who rllmhed wish bit , Konta up tha ate-p; ! The b-Kifir. who wandered In eirch ol j bin hrend. Have fix'-d away like tha arena that w tread. i ltie aalnt that enjoyed the communion ot j heaven; j The eitmrr that dared to remain unfir. I riven; j The wn and the foollnh. tlie pullty ai4 i Jiint. . Have quietly mlitiled their bonna In tht dual. : ( I Bo the melMtiple goea, like the flower ol I the weed, , . That wlihi re away to l-t (iiV nucr-eel . B. tlie mull Itude cornea, even thnae wa t.. hol,l, i t To r' i"t every tale that baa often been told. i . I 1 ror we ere the aarne a. our father, have ' . Iuto ; i We ai-,- tho eenin alRhln thnt our f.ithert have wti: tV'e dr1!'; tPe came atream and view tin PRmf enri. f And r'ri ') riuim coiitte our fuhere ' hive r'.m. The thou"' ate thinking our fa'l en wo'iM think. j Ffm tho ! -'th we rr ehrlnUlna: om ! failor. would etrlnV; jl To the I t- we are clmulng thy ale ( would i I'm;; j Put It fin--1 tor ua all, like a bird ot the wins r Thev loved, but the .lory we cannot un- fold: ' : They an rne.1. hut the heart Of tha j hnutrMv In rti'd. ' They irrieved. but no wall from the alum- br will come; Ther loved, hut the tongua of their glail. neKa la d'ltih. J They du d ay! they die I. We thing that j ' are now. ThM walk on the turf that Ilea ovr their t row. And e-.i ' in .'r 1 l' n. a trantl nt . nlo!e, . 1 Meet tie tlitntn that thry met on their pilgrim road Tea! Iom and deepon len-y, pleanure and pain. We lnlnsle together H aunehlne and rain; And the emile and the tear, the Burg anl the dirge, Hllll fmlow each Other. Ilk surge upaa urge. ( 'Tla the wink of an aye. tla lb draught of a breath. I From the btoenowi of health to the pale- , nee. of death, PVom ti e glided aalooa to tha bier and i g the shroud, I Oh I eir ahauld tba aptrtt af aaatrtaj W I 1 proud t I |