| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919. |
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| Edgar Lee Masters. 1869– |
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| 42. Anne Rutledge |
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| 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 | 5 |
| 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. | 10 |
| Bloom forever, O Republic, | |
| From the dust of my bosom! | |
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