Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — President Garfield

"E venni dal martirio a questa pace." These words the poet heard in Paradise,        &nbsp Uttered by one who, bravely dying here,        &nbsp In the true faith was living in that sphere        &nbsp Where the celestial cross of sacrifice Spread its protecting arms athwart the skies;        &nbsp And set thereon, like jewels crystal clear,        &nbsp The souls magnanimous, that knew not fear,        &nbsp Flashed their effulgence on his dazzled eyes. Ah me! how dark the discipline of pain,        &nbsp Were not the suffering followed by the sense        &nbsp Of infinite rest and infinite release! This is our consolation; and again        &nbsp A great soul cries to us in our suspense,        &nbsp "I came from martyrdom unto this peace!"