History & Politics
Lincoln
From Niagara, and Other Poems (1904)
History & Politics
Like monarch of the forest
He looms out of the Past:—
Our strength when need was sorest,—
Our pride while Time shall last.
To God, the gracious Giver,
All praise and glory be,
While flows each free-born river
Unfettered to the sea.
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MLA
Copeland, Benjamin. “Lincoln.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/copeland/15/.
Chicago
Copeland, Benjamin. “Lincoln.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/copeland/15/.
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