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Rh Duty—that passion of the soul which from the sod

Alone lifts man to God.

XII

So nobly past this unknown hero of the war;

And heroes, near and far,

Sleep now in graves like his unfamed in song or story—

But theirs is more than glory!

TO THE SPIRIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

(REUNION AT GETTYSBURG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER THE BATTLE)

FAILURE AND SUCCESS

(G. C., 1888)

fails who climbs to power and place

Up the pathway of disgrace.

He fails not who makes truth his cause,

Nor bends to win the crowd's applause.