Here you will find the Poem Our Crown Of Praise of poet Katharine Lee Bates
A PRAISE beyond all other praise of ours This nation holds in jealous trust for him Who may approve himself, even in these dim, Swift days of destiny, the soul that towers Above the turmoil of contending powers, A beacon firm, while seas of fury brim The world's long-labored fields and vineyards trim, Remembering forests and unconscious flowers. Our nation longs for such a living light, Kindred to stars and their eternal dreams, A steadfast glow whatever breakers roll, Cleaving confusions of the stormy night With gracious lusters and revealing gleams, ?Longs for the shining of a Lincoln soul.
