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JULIA WARD HOWE'S POEM.; She Reads a Tribute to Lincoln Written in Her Ninetieth Year.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 12. -- This poem, written by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in her 90th year, was read by her at the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln in Symphony Hall to-night ...
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History of "John Brown's Body"
New verses were constantly added: Old John Brown's body is a-mouldering in the dust, The morning after hearing the song, Julia Ward Howe wrote her own words to the tune. Soon after, it was ...