Excerpt from Lincoln in the Black Hawk War: An Epos of the Northwest
Canto First.
Captain Abraham Lincoln.
I.
Sunshiny little April showers
Would whirl from Heaven's cloudy towers,
A slanting coverlet of rain
Down on the grassy bed of plain,
Which seemed each water-drop to flatter
And answer with a kiss the patter;
After the feathery greenery
Filled full of love the scenery,
Which in the longing heart would stir
Sweet fancy to a tender whirr.
Then Spring would prime her watering pot
Up in the skies where every dot
Of fog she gathered to her store,
When she again began to pour
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