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Source: Century Magazine Source type: magazine Document type: poem Document title: “The New President: A Prayer” Author(s): Dangerfield, Clinton Date of publication: November 1901 Volume number: 63 Issue number: 1 Pagination: 143 |
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| Dangerfield, Clinton. “The New President: A Prayer.” Century Magazine Nov. 1901 v63n1: p. 143. |
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| Theodore Roosevelt (poetry). |
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The New President
A Prayer
Not for the silent chief whom Death
Gently and sedulously keeps
Within a splendid calm; naught mars
His well-won laurels where he sleeps.Rather for him who newly stands
Half startled on a slippery height,
Like a strong falcon which some hand
Unhooded rudely, whom the lightFloods unforeseen, but who shall prove
A wide-winged strength! For him we pray:
Give him such wisdom swift and keen
He shall restore us Yesterday!ILLON, EORGIA.