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Source: Patriot or Traitor Source type: book Document type: poem Document title: “A Lament for McKinley” Author(s): Fall, Charles G. Publisher: Old Corner Bookstore Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts Year of publication: 1913 Pagination: 64 |
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| Fall, Charles G. “A Lament for McKinley.” Patriot or Traitor. Boston: Old Corner Bookstore, 1913: p. 64. |
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| William McKinley (mourning: poetry); William McKinley (poetry). |
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A Lament for McKinley
A TEMPEST has swept o’er the land,
It has bent down the strong and the weak
And the high and the low.
A specter has lifted its hand:
It has smitten our hearts till the springs
Of our sorrow o’erflow.’T is the chief with the silvery voice
Who has fed us with wisdom as sweet
As the sweets of the bee.
’T is the chieftain who twice was our choice,
But to-night a new light, a new star
In the sky we shall see.