Publication information

Source:
Toledo Sunday Bee
Source type: newspaper
Document type: poem
Document title: “M’Kinley’s Death”
Author(s): Dougheny, John L.
City of publication: Toledo, Ohio
Date of publication: 15 September 1901
Volume number: 26
Issue number: none
Part/Section: 1
Pagination: 3

 
Citation
Dougheny, John L. “M’Kinley’s Death.” Toledo Sunday Bee 15 Sept. 1901 v26: part 1, p. 3.
 
Transcription
full text
 
Keywords
William McKinley (death: poetry).
 
Named persons
William McKinley.
 
Notes
The condition of the newspaper (an online scanned document) is poor in places, rendering punctuation difficult to read. A best guess is given below as to what the punctuation is intended to be. Also, as seen below, no end-of-line punctuation is given in the original document for line 8.
 
Document


M’Kinley’s Death

Alas, ’tis true McKinley’s dead.
From anxious mouth to mouth
The melancholy tidings sped,
To east and west and north and south.
Swiftly it circled the whole world ’round,
The news we waited in deepest dread
And the walls of the universe echoed the sound,
He’s dead; he’s dead; he’s dead
But while the sun shines in the sky
His name and fame shall never die.