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Source: Pittsburg Press Source type: newspaper Document type: poem Document title: “Columbia Weeps” Author(s): Shannon, J. Vernon City of publication: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Date of publication: 22 September 1901 Volume number: 18 Issue number: 263 Part/Section: 2 Pagination: 18 |
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| Shannon, J. Vernon. “Columbia Weeps.” Pittsburg Press 22 Sept. 1901 v18n263: sect. 2, p. 18. |
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| William McKinley (mourning: poetry); McKinley assassination (poetry); anarchism (poetry). |
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| none. |
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| The condition of the newspaper (an online scanned document) is poor in places, rendering punctuation difficult or impossible to read. A best guess is given below as to what the punctuation is intended to be. |
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Columbia Weeps
Columbia weeps,
For her brave chief is dead;
He, whom the nation loved is gone,
Toll, toll the bells, weep, weep for him,
America’s true son!Columbia weeps,
Her captain is no more;
Her heart with heavy grief is torn[.]
The sun shines dim, the days are dark,
All nature looks forlorn!Columbia weeps,
A fiend in human shape,
Has slain her hero grand;
With coward hand has stricken down
The noblest in the land!Columbia weeps,
And as her tears fall fast
She maketh this decree;
In her broad land, where’er ’tis found,
Down, down with anarchy!