Poetry of Abraham Lincoln

Poetry Of Abraham Lincoln

The poetry of Abraham Lincoln has been an interesting source into the psyche of this President. In addition to two complete, narrative poems, Abraham Lincoln wrote several small verses throughout his life and possibly a poem in the form of a suicide note.

Read more about Poetry Of Abraham Lincoln:  "My Childhood-Home I See Again", "The Bear Hunt, "The Suicide's Soliloquy", Short Verses

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    No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other’s consent. I say this is the leading principle—the sheet anchor of American republicanism.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer thinks from books, convention and cliché, not from real life.
    Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)