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Source: Colored American Magazine Source type: magazine Document type: poem Document title: “William McKinley” Author(s): Suarez, Cleveland Date of publication: October 1901 Volume number: 3 Issue number: 6 Pagination: 441 |
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| Suarez, Cleveland. “William McKinley.” Colored American Magazine Oct. 1901 v3n6: p. 441. |
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| William McKinley (death: poetry); William McKinley (mourning: poetry). |
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William McKinley
The silent air is musical with thought—
I hear the beating of the nation’s heart;
It cannot hush the aching tears of grief
Since one has passed into the perfect night.
The people bow their heads in the belief
He was a benefactor, faithful from the start.
O hero, martyr and the nation’s chief,
The fragrant breathing of the silver chimes
Is but the adieu;
We see no more the placid face
That stood to greet the benediction of a .