Raymond Garfield Dandridge, "Lincoln" (1917)
Stand exalted! martyred Lincoln
Example of triumphant march
From humble birth,
To First Chair of the land.
Your deeds, a glowing tribute
To success ; honorably achieved.
By honest man
Despite the overwhelming odds.
Your words, like Phoenix,
Rise, o'er and o'er again.
From embers just their own.
And herald wisdom broadcast unto all.
Published in Penciled Poems, 1917