Rest, Martyr, Rest

TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN. REST, MARTYR, REST. SONG AND CHORUS. MUSIC BY GEO. P. GRAFF. WORDS BY JAS. E. GLASS. CHICAGO: Published by H.M. Higgins, 117 Randolph St. 3

Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1865, by H.M Higgins in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN. REST, MARTYR, REST. Words by Jas. E. Glass. Music by Geo. P. Graff.

1. 'Tis finish'd! on Columbia's

2. Four years as chieftain did he

3. The nation's heart o'erflow'd with

4. We should not question Providence

head Doth gasping treason pour Its

toil To free our own fair land, And

joy To see the conflict cease, And

Who wisely rules o'er all, And

seventh vial of fiendish wrath! Her father is no

traitors all around him stood To grasp it from his

grim war's bursting clouds revealed The angel form of

in his tender love doth mark The tiny sparrow's

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more! The foulest deeds of treason's life Which

hand; And in our nation's gladdest hour The

peace. The Union safe, the slave set free, By

fall; But tremble, traitors, least the wrath Your

fill'd the land with woe; How vain beside its dying

assassin's hand was near; It struck our noble Lincoln

his kind heart and hand; Oh! why must he, like Moses,

murd'rous act hath sown, Leave Justice free from Mercy's

stroke, Which lays our chieftain low.

down--Columbia's hearts hold dear.

die In view of Canaan's land.

pray'rs, To deal with you alone.

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CHORUS.

Rest, martyr, rest, From the scenes of death and pain, Though

Rest, martyr, rest, From thy weary toil and pain, The

Rest, martyr, rest, From the scenes of death and pain, Though

Rest, martyr, rest, From thy weary toil and pain, The

murd'rous hands have still'd thy heart, Thy noble deeds remain.

nation mourns the loss of thee--Thy noble deeds remain.

murd'rous hands have still'd thy heart, Thy noble needs remain.

nation mourns the loss of thee--Thy noble deeds remain.

5. Though tongues inspired would tell our woe, And tears in oceans roll, Vain would they prove to paint the grief That wrings the nation's soul. We bow in silence to the storm By which the love divine, Doth cleanse and cause Columbia's stars With tenfold light to shine.

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