...we seem to see the president's homely features irradiated with the light of coming martyrdom — " The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious,...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." Within the past quarter of a century the popular school of American humor has reached its culmination....

...Days of Lee and his Paladins. Richardson's The Field, Dungeon, and Escape. 17. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. . . . Standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his...foreseeing man, 'Sagacious, patient, dreading praise no blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. — LOWELL, in Commemoration Ode. The Death...

...The "Commemoration Ode" contains a eulogy of President Lincoln, concluding, — "The kindly, earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." The only volume by Mr. Lowell that has not been mentioned is "The Cathedral," a poem which appeared...

...can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes ; These all are gone, and, standing...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. VII. Long as man's hope insatiate can discern Or only guess some more inspiring goal Outside of Self,...

...these two volumes. Lowell, in the noblest poem which America has yet produced, describes Lincoln as — The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man. Sagacious,...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. More than anyotherof our statesmen Lincoln interpreted and embodied the American spirit. By his genial...

...judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Onr children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest,...foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame,New birth of our new soil, the first American. — fames Russell Lowell. TALK ABOUT BOOKS. Christmas...

...faith. " The sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands.'' WHITMAN : Burial " The kindly, earnest, brave foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." LOWELL : Commemoration Ode. Happily, Lincoln's name is enshrined in the two noblest of songs, which...

...and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly, earnest, brave, far-seeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." I attempt no estimate of the character of Abraham Lincoln. I am too near him in time. There must be...

...wise years decide. Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all are gone, and, standing...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. WORDSWORTH. [Among My Bookn. Second Series. 1876.] from Wordsworth all which an honest criticism cannot...

...wise years decide. Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes ; These all are gone, and, standing...like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame. Xew birth of...