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Show SHIFT ON LINCOLN WRITTEN BY A ! STUDENT In the Inter-mountaln Catholic for last week appears a superb sonnet to Lincoln by Miss Helen Kenney, '16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kenney. Ken-ney. 2610 Mr r roe avenue, which do- 'scribes beaui..ully the indomitable spirit of the world-hero whose birthday birth-day America celebrates today. Tho well wrought sonnet expresses the national na-tional estimate of the martyred president presi-dent It follows; Like to an oak, the king of trees, that spread Its mighty branches heavenward, far and wide. And clamped massive roots the mountainside. moun-tainside. Defied tho years nor knew the name of dread, Bui when aged Winter maiden Springtime Spring-time wed. Offered its leafy depths for birds to hide Their fragile eggs and there In peace abide. A lightning flash the noble oak lay dead ! So regal minded Lincoln morn to lead, Steadiast and firm o'er stood, as finished fin-ished steel, For what was best and right, devoid of fears. Beneath as will of iron his heart did bleed And break for fatal wounds he fain would heal. A traitor's shot a stricken nation's tears! An |