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As one by one the lofty actors of the age / Withdraw from clianging play on history's page, / The act of war and peace of old and new contending / For it is long ere there's harmonious blending.
And many a noble actor brave and bold / Hath perished in the fight between the new and old, / The victor and the vanquished Lincoln and Lee, / The former he four million slaves set free.
The latter General fought with bravery and science, / The first he on the Lord placed strong reliance, / And in the justice of his cause he bade the North / As grand emancipators they should issue forth.
And o'er great North the conquering name of Grant / His mighty deeds of valour they 'ere more will chant, / And now doth pass from stage this last named actor, / In crushing Southern slavery potent factor.