...is, for example, rhetoric but not quite poetry to be sure of in his characterization of Lincoln as " A man that matched the mountains, and compelled The stars to look our way and honor us." As poetry it must be felt that many of his conceptions are, to use Mr. Courthope's phrase, mere "Idols...

...road — Clay warm yet with the genial heat of earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy ; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was...compelled The stars to look our way and honor us. rHE color of the ground was in him, the red Earth, The tang and odor of the primal things, The rectitude...

...ever-changing face. Here was a man to hold against the world, A man to match the mountains and the sea. The color of the ground was in him, the red earth ; The smack and tang of elemental things : The rectitude and patience of the cliff; The good-will of the...

...of earth, Dashed through it all a drain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious si uff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries, A man that matched...compelled The stars to look our way and honor us." Opening stanza from Lincoln, the Great Commoner. I2mo, $1.00 ntt. Postpaid, $1.08. Songs of Nature...

...through It all a strain of prophecy: Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff." And the result:— " It was a stuff to wear for centuries, A man that matched...compelled The stars to look our way and honor us." The second series of master-strokes Is In the following superbly poetical lines expressing the characteristics...

...the Great Commoner," it was read by the author at the Eepublican Club dinner in New York : The colour of the ground was in him, the red Earth, The tang and odour of the primal things — The rectitude and patience of the rocks ; The gladness of the wind that...

...road — • Clay warm yet with the genial heat of earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was...honor us. The color of the ground was in him, the rea Earth, The tang and odor of the primal tilings, The rectitude and patience of the rocks; The gladness...

...common road — Clay warm yet with the genial heat of earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was...wear for centuries, A man that matched the mountains asd compelled The stars to look our way and honor us. The color of the ground was in him, the red:...

...gathered up as it were into the great President, the great man of the people, to make him what he was : " The color of the ground was in him, the red earth; The tang and color of the primal things — The rectitude and patience of the rocks ; The gladness of the wind that...

...road — Clay warm yet with the genial heat of Earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy ; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was a stuff to hold against the world, A man to match our mountains, and compel The stars to look our way and honor...