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Source: Minneapolis Journal Source type: newspaper Document type: poem Document title: “The Dead President” Author(s): Burton, Richard City of publication: Minneapolis, Minnesota Date of publication: 14 September 1901 Volume number: none Issue number: none Part/Section: 2 Pagination: 16 |
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| Burton, Richard. “The Dead President.” Minneapolis Journal 14 Sept. 1901: part 2, p. 16. |
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| McKinley assassination (poetry). |
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“University of Minnesota, Sept. 14, 1901” (p. 16).
The author’s name is given as “Rich’d Burton.” |
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The Dead President
A mighty land, moved in her soul to tears,
Hung on the heart-beats of a man, whose brow
Had dauntless braved the perils of the past
And led the people from the place of fearsInto the peace and promise of the Now.
A dastard struck: the great heart strove its best,
Then fluttered, stilled; like any child at rest
He lay, and knew God’s purposes, at last.To our blind sight, O Lord, thy ways seem stern:
But surely (as the dark before the day)
The Children of the Pit must flee away;
By such grim lessons must the Nation learn.