And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down As when a kingly cedar green with boughs Goes down with a great shout upon the hills, And leaves a lonesome place against the sky.
Edwin Markham
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Lincoln, the Man of the People, in Lincoln & Other Poems (1901); Complete final sentence, four lines; full poem read in the 1901 collection. Commemorates Abraham Lincoln, not words spoken by Lincoln. Retains this edition’s “kingly cedar,” rather than “lordly cedar” in the later 1919 edition. Public
- Lincoln, the Man of the People, in Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)
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