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Forget about me,
you don't need the grief,
when looking for
the old, love thief.

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James Madison Alden (1834 - 1922). Born in Boxborough, MA, he was the great great great grandson of the John Alden who had journeyed across the Atlantic on the Mayflower. He enlisted in the naval force and was assigned to the Pacific Coast charting project.  He created numerous water color drawings as he travel up and down the West Coast and inland areas such as the Sierras and Yosemite. He served in the Civil War and spent his final years in Florida. He is regarded as one of the most highly accomplished of the expedition survey artists. A large body of his work exists.
Sources include The Royal Engineers Living History Group  and Islapedia among others. 

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865)

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If I tell you tomorrow,
about the love's lost,
will you tell me stories,
no matter the cost?

The Phoenix rose,
from ashes cold,
after self-destructing,
as Fables told.

Resurrection, anew of
a life consumed by fire,
in a self-built
funeral pyre.

Once again, he lives,
to help those in need.
An act of love,
or a fulfilled deed?

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Through the eyes
of the beholder,
her beauty came through.
She has skin like satin,
to name just a few.

Her lips the color of
the reddest rose,
the eyes were, as if,
made of coal.

When she smiled, her teeth,
white as new snow.
She was short, but was
proportioned, just so.

You would never leave her,
for there's no place to go.