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RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-05-2021
Who wrote this poem entitled Little Eddie?
Those midnight stars are sadly dimmed,
That late so brilliantly shone,
And the crimson tinge from cheek and lip,
With the heart's warm life has flown -
The angel of Death was hovering nigh,
And the lovely boy was called to die.
The silken waves of his glossy hair
Lie still over his marble brow,
And the pallid lip and pearly cheek
The presence of Death avow.
Pure little bud in kindness given,
In mercy taken to bloom in heaven.
Happier far is the angel child
With the harp and the crown of gold,
Who warbles now at the Savior's feet
The glories to us untold.
Eddie, meet blossom of heavenly love,
Dwells in the spirit-world above.
Angel Boy - fare thee well, farewell
Sweet Eddie, We bid thee adieu!
Affection's wail cannot reach thee now
Deep though it be, and true.
Bright is the home to him now given
For "of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 03-05-2021
It has been suggested that Abraham Lincoln wrote the poem, but this has been called into question by an article in one of the Lincoln studies journals/newsletter/publications.
Can't recall which one.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-05-2021
I am looking for the author's name. You are on the right track, Gene.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 03-05-2021
I did find the answer to Roger's question on a web site created by a person who will not be a stranger to members and readers of this forum.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Dennis Urban - 03-05-2021
Could it be Walt Whitman?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-05-2021
Nope, it's not Whitman, Dennis. It was a female who was not well-known.
(To everyone: I did not say googling was off-limits for this particular question.)
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Susan Higginbotham - 03-05-2021
Ethel Grey.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0033.205/--solving-a-lincoln-literary-mystery-little-eddie?rgn=main;view=fulltext
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-05-2021
Kudos, Susan! And the link you gave is my source.
Many, many Lincoln books say either Abraham or Mary Lincoln wrote the poem; that is now known to be incorrect.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 03-05-2021
(03-05-2021, 11:26 AM)Gene C Wrote: I did find the answer to Roger's question on a web site created by a person who will not be a stranger to members and readers of this forum.
My source was - https://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln67.html
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-06-2021
In the first episode of CNN's excellent series on Lincoln it is implied that young Abraham and his sister, Sarah, were left alone in their Indiana cabin when Thomas Lincoln traveled to Kentucky to ask Sarah Bush Johnston to marry him.
But this may not be correct. The book I am currently reading says that Thomas Lincoln put another person in charge of the two children during the time he was gone.
What was this person's name?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Susan Higginbotham - 03-06-2021
Was it Dennis Hanks?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 03-06-2021
Roger, what are you currently reading?
I agree with Susan
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-06-2021
Yes, Susan and Gene! According to author Daniel Cravens Taylor Thomas Lincoln left 19-year-old Dennis Hanks in charge of his two children.
The book is entitled Thomas Lincoln Abraham's Father and was posted by Susan here.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-14-2021
Please try without googling. Thanks.
In 1830 Thomas Lincoln moved his family from Indiana to Illinois. He planned to farm the Illinois prairie land.
Years later a well-known writer described Illinois' prairie land as follows:
"Looking towards the setting sun, there lay, stretched out before my view, a vast expanse of level ground; unbroken, save by one thin line of trees, which scarcely amounted to a scratch upon the great blank; until it met the glowing sky, wherein it seemed to dip: mingling with its rich colours, and mellowing in its distant blue. There it lay, a tranquil sea or lake without water, if such a simile be admissible, with the day going down upon it: a few birds wheeling here and there: and solitude and silence reigning paramount around... Great as the picture was, its very flatness and extent, which left nothing to the imagination, tamed it down and cramped its interest."
What was the name of the writer?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Steve - 03-14-2021
De Tocqueville?