Illinois Verse/A Tradition
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A Tradition
Just within the wide entrance of Lincoln Hall
With white marble severe and cold,
In the path where all foot-steps would naturally fall,
Lies the Gettysburg speech in bright gold.
With white marble severe and cold,
In the path where all foot-steps would naturally fall,
Lies the Gettysburg speech in bright gold.
Lowly place for those glowing, fine words of renown
By the world ever justly revered;
But their dynamic power could not be tread down,
As some people so greatly had feared.
By the world ever justly revered;
But their dynamic power could not be tread down,
As some people so greatly had feared.
By consent, all the students have "hallowed this ground"
And no matter how hurried or tired
Thru the years, with due reverence, they've passed around
—A tradition respected,—admired.
And no matter how hurried or tired
Thru the years, with due reverence, they've passed around
—A tradition respected,—admired.