(_City of Boston, June 1, 1865_)
O Thou of soul and sense and breath,
The ever-present Giver,
Unto Thy mighty angel, death,
All flesh Thou didst deliver;
What most we cherish, we resign,
For life and death alike are Thine,
Who reignest Lord forever!
Our hearts lie buried in the dust
With him, so true and tender,
The patriot's stay, the people's trust,
The shield of the offender;
Yet every murmuring voice is still,
As, bowing to Thy sovereign will,
Our best loved we surrender.
Dear Lord, with pitying eye behold
This martyr generation,
Which Thou, through trials manifold,
Art showing Thy salvation!
O let the blood by murder spilt
Wash out Thy stricken children's guilt,
And sanctify our Nation!
Be Thou Thy orphaned Israel's friend,
Forsake Thy people never,
In one our broken many blend,
That none again may sever!
Hear us, O Father, while we raise
With trembling lips our song of praise,
And bless Thy name forever!
[Illustration: LINCOLN HOMESTEAD, MAY 4, 1865
Photographed by F. W. Ingmire on the day of the funeral, with the
members of the National Committee appointed to accompany the
remains to Springfield, Illinois.
Members on the pavement: Left (1) Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker
of the House; (2) Hon. R. C. Schenck, Ohio; (3) Hon. Lyman
Trumbull, Illinois; (4) Hon. Charles E. Phelps, Maryland; (5)
Hon. W. H. Wallace, Idaho; (6) Hon. Joseph Baily, Pennsylvania;
(7) Hon. James K. Morehead, Pennsylvania; (8) Hon. Sidney Clarke,
Kansas; (9) Hon. Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts; (10) Hon. E. B.
Washburn, Illinois; (11) Hon. Thomas W. Ferry, Michigan; (12)
Hon. Thomas B. Shannon, California; (13) S. G. Ordway,
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House.
Members in the yard: Left (1) Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, Illinois; (2)
Hon. John B. Henderson, Missouri; (3) Hen. Richard Yates,
Illinois; (4) Hon. James W. Nye, Nevada; (5) Hon. Henry S. Lane,
Indiana; (6) Hon. George H. Williams, Oregon; (7) Hon. George T.
Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate; (8) Hon. William A.
Newell, New Jersey.]
William Allen, D.D., born 1784, died 1868. Graduated at Harvard, 1802.
President Dartmouth College, 1816-1819, Bowdoin College, 1820-1839. He
was the father of American Biography, published various volumes of
poems; as a philologist, he contributed many thousands of words and
definitions to Webster and Worcester's dictionaries. He was leader of
the American delegation to the National Peace Congress at Versailles
in 1849.