When Abraham Lincoln was shovelled into the tombs,he forgot the copperheads and the assassin . . .in the dust, in the cool tombs. (Carl Sandburg)

When Abraham Lincoln was shovelled into the tombs,he forgot the copperheads and the assassin . . .in the dust, in the cool tombs.

Carl Sandburg

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