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POEMS.
Be kind to him, benignant Fate!
And let not absence dim,
Nor length of time obliterate
The virtues we would emulate
As oft we think of him.
And let not absence dim,
Nor length of time obliterate
The virtues we would emulate
As oft we think of him.
And friends and neighbors yet to be,
Whose gain shall be our loss,
Be true to him, and learn as we
Of him in all humility
AVI 10 bravely bears the cross.
Whose gain shall be our loss,
Be true to him, and learn as we
Of him in all humility
AVI 10 bravely bears the cross.
May richest blessings hover round
His far-off Western home,
May health and happiness be found,
And life with Heaven's approval crowned
Where'er his footsteps roam.
His far-off Western home,
May health and happiness be found,
And life with Heaven's approval crowned
Where'er his footsteps roam.
And our Father! guard thou well
That happy household band
For whom our hearts with sorrow swell,
As we regretful tears repel
And give the parting hand.
That happy household band
For whom our hearts with sorrow swell,
As we regretful tears repel
And give the parting hand.
For them shall bells of memory chime
While flowers gem the sod,
Until, beyond the cares of Time
We meet, within that brighter clime,
Around the throne of God.
July, 1884.
While flowers gem the sod,
Until, beyond the cares of Time
We meet, within that brighter clime,
Around the throne of God.
July, 1884.
