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Source: Stray Poems and Early History of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Source type: book Document type: poem Document title: “Lines on the Death of President McKinley” Author(s): Dana, H. T. Publisher: P. Anstadt and Sons Place of publication: York, Pennsylvania Year of publication: 1903 Pagination: 60-61 |
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| Dana, H. T. “Lines on the Death of President McKinley.” Stray Poems and Early History of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad. York: P. Anstadt and Sons, 1903: pp. 60-61. |
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| McKinley assassination (poetry); anarchism (poetry). |
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Lines on the Death of President McKinley
Toll the bells—a nation weepeth
For the son it loved so well;
Lo, the noble hero sleepeth,
And our hearts with anguish swell.Look, a tear is on the willow;
List, a sigh is on the breeze,
And the ocean’s stormy billow
Bears a wail across the seas.God in heaven, our hearts are bleeding
From the wound that he received;
Precious Savior, interceding,
Soothe thou her this blow hath grieved.Guide our rulers—guard our nation,
May it still its mission fill,
And in every true relation,
Rule according to thy will. [60][61]Freemen, closer clasp each other
In the bonds of love and peace,
Man to man, and for our brother,
May our friendship still increase.But for those who raise a finger
To uproot our righteous laws,
May our anger never linger,
Swift to guard our country’s cause.“Law and order!” be our war cry,
Down with anarchists of red;
Let us swear it, “live or die,”
As we view our honored dead.