Abraham Lincoln E-book
Author: James Russell Lowell
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Lowell, James Russell(1819-1891)
Poet, editor, essayist, literary critic, and man of letters.
Born into a distinguished colonial Massachusetts family, Lowell was
class poet at Harvard where he later became professor of modern
languages. In 1844, published Poems and married Maria White, a
poet and abolitionist who influenced his ideas. Lowell was the
first editor of the Atlantic Monthly and edited the North American
Review. Later served as Minister to both Spain and England. Died
at Cambridge, Massachusetts where he was born.
Abraham Lincoln (1865)
Abraham Lincoln (from the ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration)
is a poem of praise honoring the man whom Lowell calls, "our
Martyr-Chief," "a shepherd of mankind," and "the first American."
The poem begins with the words, "Life may be given in many ways."
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