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ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
O, cruel fate, too sad to tell,
Let all the Universe bewail,
And sob to hear the tragic tale,
And bid the worthy fare-thee-well!
Arouse ten thousand bitter cries,
The glory of the country dies!
Let all the Universe bewail,
And sob to hear the tragic tale,
And bid the worthy fare-thee-well!
Arouse ten thousand bitter cries,
The glory of the country dies!
From State to State the echo flies
In lamentation for the great,
The knell of primagenial fate,
He falls, alas! no more to rise!
The dove still coo's from tree to tree,
Though he be dead, the land is free!
In lamentation for the great,
The knell of primagenial fate,
He falls, alas! no more to rise!
The dove still coo's from tree to tree,
Though he be dead, the land is free!
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Still weep, my soul, remain to weep;
That one so noble thus should die;
His spirit mount into the sky,
His hallowed bones can only sleep.
Still, still, the praise to him we give,
Brave President forever live!
That one so noble thus should die;
His spirit mount into the sky,
His hallowed bones can only sleep.
Still, still, the praise to him we give,
Brave President forever live!
Whoever born must live to die—
The King, the Regent and the Peer,
And leave regardless of a tear,
Down trickling from the weeping eye!
The tears of sorrow may be shed,
But Lincoln will be never dead!
The King, the Regent and the Peer,
And leave regardless of a tear,
Down trickling from the weeping eye!
The tears of sorrow may be shed,
But Lincoln will be never dead!
We never shall forget his name,
Which must be sculptured in his tomb,
And flourish in eternal bloom,
The seal of everlasting fame!
Eternal peer forever soar
In light, when nature is no more!
Which must be sculptured in his tomb,
And flourish in eternal bloom,
The seal of everlasting fame!
Eternal peer forever soar
In light, when nature is no more!
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