joe mannion
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FREEDOM’S first champion in our fettered land!
Nor politician nor base citizen
Could gibbet thee, nor silence, nor withstand.
Thy trenchant and emancipating pen
The patriot Lincoln snatched with steady hand,
Writing his name and thine on parchment white,
’Midst war’s resistless and ensanguined flood;
Then held that proclamation high in sight
Before his fratricidal country men,—
“Freedom henceforth throughout the land for all,”—
And sealed the instrument with his own blood,
Bowing his mighty strength for slavery’s fall;
Whilst thou, stanch friend of largest liberty,
Survived,—its ruin and our peace to see.
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9/1/2026 4:17:43 PM # rel_20260827T145718Z_a0f1bd3
I can simply say you are one of my dearest friends on here, your poetry is amazing to say the least. I hope you become a great poet and life comes easy to you. May all your wishes come true and may you be greatly recognized by all your fans