CITY OF BOSTON, JUNE 1, 1865 <br /> <br />CHORAL: 'LUTHER'S JUDGMENT HYMN.' <br /> <br />O THOU of soul and sense and breath <br />The ever-present Giver, <br />Unto thy mighty Angel, Death, <br />All flesh thou dost deliver; <br />What most we cherish we resign, <br />For life and death alike are thine, <br />Who reignest Lord forever! <br /> <br />Our hearts lie buried in the dust <br />With him so true and tender, <br />The patriot's stay, the people's trust, <br />The shield of the offender; <br />Yet every murmuring voice is still, <br />As, bowing to thy sovereign will, <br />Our best-loved we surrender. <br /> <br />Dear Lord, with pitying eye behold <br />This martyr generation, <br />Which thou, through trials manifold, <br />Art showing thy salvation <br />Oh let the blood by murder spilt <br />Wash out thy stricken children's guilt <br />And sanctify our nation! <br /> <br />Be thou thy orphaned Israel's friend, <br />Forsake thy people never, <br />In One our broken Many blend, <br />That none again may sever! <br />Hear us, O Father, while we raise <br />With trembling lips our song of praise, <br />And bless thy name forever!<br /><br />Oliver Wendell Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-the-services-in-memory-of-abraham-lincoln/
