Lincoln is not dead. He lives
In all that pities and forgives.
He has arisen., and sheds a fire
That makes America aspire.
Even now, as when in life he led.
He leads us onward from the dead;
Yes,, over the whole wide world he bends
To make the world a world of friends.
(Edwin Markham)
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