%images; ]> scsm-000096 Requiem : composed and inscribed to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the champion of universal liberty / by M. Keller ...: a machine readable transcription. STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA, Library of Congress Selected and converted. American Memory, Library of Congress.

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Requiem.

Toll ye bells a solemn dirge, Earth shall join the sad refrain; And the sea's remotest surge, Moan for Freedom's champion slain. Veil thy radiance glowing sun; Moon and stars go out in gloom; Weep ye skies for hopes undone, Weep a kingly patriot's doom. Banner worshiped by the brave Fairest ensign of the free, With thy sable emblems wave, Drooping low and mournfully.

Oh ye vales and verdant isles! How can beauty gild ye so? Why should ye be dress'd in smiles, When our human heart o'erflow? Is it some celestial beam From the gates of Paradise? Is it Heaven's refulgent gleam, Half revealed to mortal eyes?

Wide unfold your scenes of light, Glorious realm, no pen can paint. Welcome him ye throngs in white, Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint. Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint.