McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: Buffalo Morning Express
Source type: newspaper
Document type: poem
Document title: “God Save the President”
Author(s): Foster, James Prentiss
City of publication: Buffalo, New York
Date of publication: 9 September 1901
Volume number: 56
Issue number: 204
Pagination: 9

Citation

Foster, James Prentiss. “God Save the President.” Buffalo Morning Express 9 Sept. 1901 v56n204: p. 9.

Transcription

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Keywords

McKinley assassination (poetry); William McKinley (poetry).

Named persons

none.

Document

God Save the President

O Thou, supreme o’er every land,
A stricken people ’neath Thee stand
     And lift our prayers on high.
His suffering, hearts have shocked and rent.
O save and spare our President,
     Granting he may not die!

A godly man, Thy servant plain,
Just ruler, without spot or stain,
     Holding all worthy praise.
Let not the wicked now prevail;
Confound them whom his life assail
     And grant him length of days.

Our countrymen of every name
Now is our sorrow all the same,
     Beneath this horror bent:
Come, let us pray before the throne—
He can restore and He alone,—
     God save our President!

     Geneva, Sept. 7th.

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