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He said: "It is God's way: / His will, not ours be done. " / And o'er our land a shadow lay / That darkened all the sun. / The voice of jubilee / That gladdened all the air, / Fell sudden to a quavering key / Of suppliance and prayer.
He was our chief -- our guide -- / Sprung of our common Earth, / From youth's long struggle proved and tried / To manhood's highest worth: / Through toil, he knew all needs / Of all his toiling kind -- / The favored striver who succeeds -- / The one who falls behind.