Anne Rutledge

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Title:     Anne Rutledge
Author: Edgar Lee Masters [More Titles by Masters]

OUT of me unworthy and unknown
The vibrations of deathless music;
"With malice toward none, with charity for all.',
Out of me the forgiveness of millions toward millions,
And the beneficent face of a nation
Shining with justice and truth.
I am Anne Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds,
Beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln,
Wedded to him, not through union, But through separation.
Bloom forever, O Republic,
From the dust of my bosom!

[The end]
Edgar Lee Masters's poem: Anne Rutledge

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