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Show M t ABRAHAM LINCOLN B Vf iA-4V, ' Bom Feb. 12, 1809 H ' 81 t H! I1'!. Somo lofly heights there arc - ' . 1 j 'i iz. ' That pierce the azure skies; ' js- H i ?. "'' ' Some peaks so tall, so grand, v - H ?,' They to the heavens rise; J A H Some lifted lands that seem ' ; ' H Scarce of the earth, so high, Hl Where floating ships of air v H The fleecy cloud fleets lie. --- t- 9 jj Above the town are raised, ww H V ' Into the upper air, f;P Hj : v ' Some spires, like fingers set. '?J?l H To point a pathway there, ia" H 'xr - And. towering, stand some lives Jt -$ H :-n Above the level line, H ' , Grand pinnacles that stretch " --" ci Toward the life divine. "' , H , H fu7 Iligli, high, among the great, - -J- ; Hj I . Brave, loyal, noble, grand, '' "f H , Our Lincoln dear the name H n A mighty tower doth stand. jC H I ' - " He was a son of Toil '.T? H) And yet her devotee. H His life he gave to make t H I -, llcr wortliy children freer f f - , H I a Like one who to mankind H 2;u"'" Came in the long ago, f ; H j i,l'tr He dwelt and suffered with . , . ' H i The humble and the low. ; H j ' -- Their fears he knew, their woes. H jv No pangs that they had known, t " J H But he had felt them too , J Hf j Their sorrows were his own. ,' M t ; A mission his from God, H '' And he performed it well. ' H . A nation's soul awoke H Beneath his gentle spell. Hj j Because he lived, today H I --- Prom ocean unto sea f W i ; v' Dwells in this fairest land ti yT i- H ' $' ' No soul that is not free. - j . -- ARTHUR J. BUR DICK. |