His little Hearse like Figure 1
Unto itself a Dirge
To a delusive Lilac
The vanity divulge
Of Industry and Morals 5
And every righteous thing
For the divine Perdition
Of Idleness and Spring－
Unto itself a Dirge
To a delusive Lilac
The vanity divulge
Of Industry and Morals 5
And every righteous thing
For the divine Perdition
Of Idleness and Spring－
(F.1547/J.1522)
[1] Hearse like Figure:: Abraham Lincoln, solemn and grave like a hearse-man.
[2, 3] Dirge, Lilac:: The Lilacs (1865) by Walt Whitman for Lincoln's death.
[5] Industry and Morals:: Lincoln's characters.
[6] righteous thing:: or founded thing that Lincoln did.
[8] spring:: a lively dance-tune.
Turn, first, to his beautiful lament for the death of Lincoln, 'When lilacs last in the door-yard bloomed' ─ A Study of Walt Whitman, The Dark Blue (1871)
