Alexander F. Chamberlain, "Abraham Lincoln" (1907)
Caesar's memory dust shall be
While the world still honors thee!
Many another boasted name,
Grasping at eternal fame,
In forgotten dust shall lie,
Barren of our memory!
With the people one, thy face
Mirrors all our human race!
Deep within its soul, thy mind
Lives forever with mankind.
Age on age, thou man of men,
Gives thee common life again.
Caesar's kindred all must die,
Thou hast immortality!
Published in The Voice of the Negro, January 1907