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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008As Europe stood on the precipice of world war in 1914, Springfield’s most famous poet roused the ghost of Springfield’s most famous citizen. “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (In Springfield, Illinois)” By: Vachel Lindsay It is portentous, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A mourning figure walks, and [...]