Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln

Scovel, James M. "Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, August 1, 1889, 244-251.

Type

magazine

Genre

biography

Abstract

This short biographical sketch of Lincoln includes an anecdote of the president reading a few lines of a poem taken from his pocket, attributing the poem to William North, when it was in fact by Fitz-James O'Brien.

People Mentioned in this Work

North, William [pages: 245]

Recounts Lincoln "taking from his pocket a poem of a forgotten English writer, William North by name." However, the lines quoted are from Fitz-James O'Brien's ode Kane.

O'Brien, Fitz-James [pages: 245]

Quotes a few lines from O'Brien's ode Kane, attributed them to William North.