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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 |
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| Foster, James Prentiss. “God Save the President.” Buffalo Morning Express 9 Sept. 1901 v56n204: p. 9. |
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| McKinley assassination (poetry); William McKinley (poetry). |
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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.