1861 Poem by Richard Jarboe

1861



On Good Friday,1861,
Fort Sumter was his first decision done,
Soon disintegration: father and son,
Lincoln made a choice and then,
Down went more than 600 thousand men.

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On Good Friday,1865,
Fate spawned a dream Lincoln would tell,
He dreamt of sailing to an unknown hell,
So it was four years to the day, having freed the slave,
Lincoln was shot, his destination: the grave.

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