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Memories of President Lincoln

Waben Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.

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WHEN lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,

And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night,

I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

Ever-returning spring, trinity sure to me you bring,
Lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west,
And thought of him I love.

O powerful western fallen star!

O shades of night-O moody, tearful night!

O great star disappear'd-O the black murk that hides the star! O cruel hands that hold me powerless — O helpless soul of me!

O harsh surrounding cloud that will not free my soul.

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Abraham Lincoln

From a drawing from life by F. B. Carpenter

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