(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Delaney Alfred; composer Dirge Sung at the

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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Delaney, Alfred; composer. Dirge Sung at the Consecration of the Soldier's Cemetery at Gettysburg. 5 pages, 13 x 10 inches, on 3 detached sheets; minor foxing. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, [1863?]

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first edition. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was not the only event on the program on the day the cemetery was dedicated. The day began with music, a prayer, and then a two-hour address by Edward Everett. Immediately after the president's brief but powerful remarks, this song was performed by a choir. The words by James G. Percival begin "O! it is great for our Country to die, whose ranks are contending / Bright is the wreath of our fame; glory awaits us." 4 copies in OCLC; we have traced no other examples at auction.