Canto 1 My childhood’s home I see again, And sadden with the view; And still, as memory crowds my brain, There’s pleasure in it too. O Memory! thou midway world ‘Twixt earth and paradise, Where things decayed and loved ones lost In dreamy shadows rise, And, freed from all that’s earthly vile, Seem … Continue reading My Childhood Home I See Again by President Abraham Lincoln (Version 1)

The following lines were said to have been found near the bones of a man supposed to have committed suicide, in a deep forest, on the Flat Branch of the Sangamon, some time ago.   Here, where the lonely hooting owl Sends forth his midnight moans, Fierce wolves shall o'er my carcass growl, Or buzzards … Continue reading The Suicide’s Soliloquy by President Abraham Lincoln