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Source: Sonnets from the Silence Source type: book Document type: poem Document title: “To William McKinley” Author(s): Hauenstein, Minnie Ferris Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons Place of publication: New York, New York Year of publication: 1922 Pagination: 90 |
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| Hauenstein, Minnie Ferris. “To William McKinley.” Sonnets from the Silence. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922: p. 90. |
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| William McKinley (death: poetry); William McKinley (poetry). |
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To William McKinley
(Martyred President of the United States.)
ONLY such words as Nobleness and Truth
Rise to our lips at such an hour, to-day;
Great thoughts come rushing at the sudden ruth
That broke upon the splendor of his way;
A score of years have hastened to their end
Yet Memory, in tender flight, recalls
How all our hearts were broken for our friend
As, swift, the fearful knowledge filled our halls.O, kindly man, whose justice, strength and worth
Failed never in the time of stress or need,
O, shining soul, whose warmth beamed o’er the earth
How rich thy life, thy service and thy deed;
Let all America remembering, sing
Here was a man whom God had made a King.