b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nA Man of Destiny: Being the Story of Abraham Lincoln; an Epic Poem\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nA Man of Destiny: Being the Story of Abraham Lincoln; an Epic Poem \xe2\x80\x93 poemat Ernesta Linwooda Staplesa po\xc5\x9bwi\xc4\x99cony szesnastemu ameryka\xc5\x84skiemu prezydentowi Abrahamowi Lincolnowi. Utw\xc3\xb3r zosta\xc5\x82 opublikowany nak\xc5\x82adem Lincoln Publishing Company w Shelton w stanie Connecticut w 1904. Epos ma charakter biograficzny. Zosta\xc5\x82 napisany wierszem bia\xc5\x82ym (blank verse)._NEWLINE_I sing the worth and fame of him we love,_NEWLINE_The foremost of Columbia's noble sons\xc2\xa0;_NEWLINE_His lowly birth to penury and toil,_NEWLINE_His life sublime, the Nation's heritage._NEWLINE_His tragic death and solemn destiny._NEWLINE_Forth from Virginia, long ago, there passed_NEWLINE_One Abraham, a sturdy pioneer._NEWLINE_Through forests dark, o'er streams unbridged and deep,_NEWLINE_To the Kentucky glebe, whereon he built_NEWLINE_His cabin in the solemn, sombre shade."