thy memory we will keep.
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"THY MEMORY WE WILL KEEP."
Yes! we will keep thy memory bright,
A sweet and stainless gift,—
A spell from sorrow's clouds of night,
Our yearning hearts to lift.
A sweet and stainless gift,—
A spell from sorrow's clouds of night,
Our yearning hearts to lift.
Thine was a name o'er which to shed
Our sweetest meed of love.
Too early wast thou called to tread
Thy radiant path above?
Our sweetest meed of love.
Too early wast thou called to tread
Thy radiant path above?
Too early? No. The wish were vain
By earthly anguish given,
To call thy spirit back again,
From God, and bliss, and heaven.
By earthly anguish given,
To call thy spirit back again,
From God, and bliss, and heaven.
For thou hast plumed thy golden wing,
And sped thy glorious flight,
To stoop thee only at the spring
Of endless life and light.
And sped thy glorious flight,
To stoop thee only at the spring
Of endless life and light.
