Who wrote the lines of poetry "quoted" by Lincoln at the Soldiers' Home?

[David Lockmiller]

(01-21-2016 05:39 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(01-21-2016 12:56 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Is it possible that Lincoln himself became the anonymous poet in that moment, in that place, in the fall of 1864?

David, what you propose as a possibility will be my guess as to the answer to your trivia question. I will guess Lincoln himself.

Roger, you are the only one who has expressed an opinion whether Lincoln was the author of the lines of poetry “quoted” by Lincoln regarding the “women crying over the graves of nameless heroes” as if they were their own family members. I know that you award a prize for a correct answer to your Lincoln trivia questions. Therefore, I award as a prize my sincere appreciation for your “guess” in support of my theoretical conclusion.