%images; ]> scsm-000094 W. Dexter Smith's exquisite and popular poem In memoriam Abraham Lincoln / music by M. Keller, to whom sole permission was given by the author and publisher of the poem Messrs J. & E. Hoch, Boston ...: a machine readable transcription. STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA, Library of Congress Selected and converted. American Memory, Library of Congress.

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“In Memoriam Abraham Lincoln”

Columbia weeps! Columbia weeps! Her cherished son, Who struck her fetters to the ground, Who saved the land of Washington, Has passed from earth's most distant bound; Has passed from earth's most distant bound;

His spirit went to realms on high, His dust, alone, the earth could claim, His memory will never die While freemen live to bless his name, His memory will never die While freemen live to bless his name.

Columbia swears, anew, her vow To guard the birthright of the free; Unsheathed her sword of Justice, now, Since Mercy, since Mercy, since Mercy fell to Tyranny

Our nation hopes and fears alike Are with the land our fathers trod, And while for Freedom, now, we strike, Our future is alone with God! And while for Freedom, now, we strike, Our future is alone with God! alone with God!