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Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem?
12-22-2015, 11:36 PM
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RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem?
In another Thread (Grave of James Rutledge) about this past Halloween, I said that I had been looking at this 1838 poem, from several angles. It has at least one phrase or two that are in common with some of Lincoln's recurring themes. This from the 'anonymous Suicide poem',

"Rip up the organs of my breath, And draw my blood in showers!"

Then this from an 1848 House of Rep speech by Abraham Lincoln,

"...the blood of this war, like the blood of Abel, is crying to
Heaven...military glory that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood..."

Lurid, graphic, jarring choice of phrasing. Both, nearly identical in closing, and very unusual to find, anywhere else.
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Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - RJNorton - 08-20-2012, 09:38 AM
RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - BettyO - 08-20-2012, 11:40 AM
RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - HerbS - 08-20-2012, 12:40 PM
RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - Gene C - 08-30-2012, 09:53 AM
RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - maharba - 12-22-2015 11:36 PM
RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - HerbS - 12-23-2015, 08:58 AM
RE: Abraham Lincoln Suicide Poem? - Gene C - 12-23-2015, 11:43 AM

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