IN MEMORY OF APPEY M. MERRILL
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IN MEMORY OF APPEY M. MERRILL
Who Died Nov. 20th, 1903
Softly, sweetly she is sleeping Where the slender grasses wave; Daisies bright, their vigil keeping O'er her calm and peaceful grave. Naught can e'er disturb her slumber— Passed all pain—from sorrow free; Gone from earth, to join the number O'er the silent, mystic sea.
Sweetly sleep, dear, gentle sister, Tranquil ever be thy rest,—Yet, ah yet, how we have missed her— Gone from those she loved the best. Gone from the home.—and o'er her pillow Strewn with flowers, so fair and white Fell tears, and grief like surging billow Touched the heart with withering blight.
Time can ne'er efface our sadness— Still the heart's filled with despair For the loved one, who in gladness Made the earth-home bright and fair.
