Poet <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Walt_Whitman" title="Walt Whitman" id="mwBLM">Walt Whitman</a> composed "<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/When_Lilacs_Last_in_the_Dooryard_Bloom'd" title="When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" id="mwBLQ">When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd</a>", "<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/O_Captain!_My_Captain!" title="O Captain! My Captain!" id="mwBLU">O Captain! My Captain!</a>", and two other poems, to eulogize Lincoln.