tled at Buffalo,
New York, which has been his home until the present time.

He has published two editions of _Donegal Memories_, also two editions
of _Donegal Memories and Other Poems_, and a volume of Buffalo verse
collected by him under the title of _Poets and Poetry of Buffalo_. He
assisted in collections of Buffalo local literature, also devoted much
time to the production of publications of a philanthropic nature.

REQUIEM

Bear him to his Western home,
Whence he came four years ago;
Not beneath some Eastern dome,
But where Freedom's airs may come,
Where the prairie grasses grow,
To the friends who loved him so,

Take him to his quiet rest;
Toll the bell and fire the gun;
He who served his Country best,
He whom millions loved and bless'd,
Now has fame immortal won;
Rack of brain and heart is done.

Shed thy tears, O April rain,
O'er the tomb wherein he sleeps!
Wash away the bloody stain!
Drape the skies in grief, O rain!
Lo! a nation with thee weeps,
Grieving o'er her martyred slain.

To the people whence he came,
Bear him gently back again,
Greater his than victor's fame:
His is now a sainted name;
Never ruler had such gain--
Never people had such pain.

[Illustration: PRESIDENT LINCOLN

Photograph taken in 1863 by Brady]

Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Cambridge, Mass., August 29, 1809. To
him belongs the credit of saving the frigate Constitution from
destruction, by a poem--_Aye, Tear the Battered Ensign Down_. He died
August 7, 1894.

SERVICES IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

(_City of Boston, June 1, 1865_)

O Thou of soul and sense and breath,
The ever-present Giver,
Unto Thy mighty angel, death,
All flesh Thou didst deliver;
What most we cherish, we resign,
For life and death alike are Thine,
Who reignest Lord forev