Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
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"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" is a 1914 poem by American poet Vachel Lindsay. It portrays Abraham Lincoln walking the streets of Springfield, Illinois, stirred from his eternal sleep, a man, who even in death, is burdened by the tragedies of the modern world. At the time the poem was written, Lindsay was depressed by knowledge of the blood and death exacted by World War I.
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Side view of the statue by Fred Torrey
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A statue of Abraham Lincoln in a robe, looking pensive
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West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, WV, US .jpg
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"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" is a 1914 poem by American poet Vachel Lindsay. It portrays Abraham Lincoln walking the streets of Springfield, Illinois, stirred from his eternal sleep, a man, who even in death, is burdened by the tragedies of the modern world. At the time the poem was written, Lindsay was depressed by knowledge of the blood and death exacted by World War I. The poem was included in Louis Untermeyer's anthology, Modern American Poetry, published in 1919 (see 1919 in poetry). This poem is now used in many schools and districts as an inspirational figure of the Civil War, as well as United States history.
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