Publication information

Source:
Freeman
Source type: newspaper
Document type: poem
Document title: “In Memory of Our Dead President”
Author(s): Brame, John D.
City of publication: Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of publication: 28 September 1901
Volume number: 14
Issue number: 39
Pagination: [4]

 
Citation
Brame, John D. “In Memory of Our Dead President.” Freeman 28 Sept. 1901 v14n39: p. [4].
 
Transcription
full text
 
Keywords
William McKinley (mourning: poetry); William McKinley (death: poetry).
 
Named persons
none.
 
Document


In Memory of Our Dead President

A nation is now in mourning;
     A noble life made brief;
All bow your heads in sorrow,
     We have lost our noble chief.

He was loved by all, both white and black;
     He was loved by rich and poor,
And sadness overwhelmed our land,
     When Death approached his door.

But now his battles over,
     His victory has been won,
His dying words ring in our ear,
     It is God’s way—His will be done.

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