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[Crown his blood-stained pillow]
By Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE.
Crown his blood-stained pillow
With a victor's palm;
Life's receding billow
Leaves eternal calm.
With a victor's palm;
Life's receding billow
Leaves eternal calm.
At the feet Almighty
Lay this gift sincere;
Of a purpose weighty,
And a record clear.
Lay this gift sincere;
Of a purpose weighty,
And a record clear.
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With deliverance freighted
Was this passive hand,
And this heart, high-fated,
Would with love command.
Was this passive hand,
And this heart, high-fated,
Would with love command.
Let him rest serenely
In a Nation's care,
Where her waters queenly
Make the West most fair.
In a Nation's care,
Where her waters queenly
Make the West most fair.
In the greenest meadow
That the prairies show,
Let his marble's shadow
Give all men to know:
That the prairies show,
Let his marble's shadow
Give all men to know:
“Our First Hero, living,
Made his country free;
Heed the Second's giving,
Death for Liberty.”
Made his country free;
Heed the Second's giving,
Death for Liberty.”
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