# Abraham Lincoln: An Horatian Ode

Author: Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18573

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Abraham+Lincoln%3A+An+Horatian+Ode+Stoddard&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

"Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant There's nothing serious in mortality: All is but toys: renown and grace is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/abraham-lincoln-an-horatian-ode-18573/chapters/1/index.md)