GODSPEED!
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The soul speaks “Body o’ mine—and must I lay thee low? So long I have looked out from thy dear eye! Ears that have brought me song, and willing hands, And feet that carried me to pleasant fields— Shall dust claim all, and must I say good-bye? Godspeed!”
The body speaks: “Sister o’ mine—I go from whence I came, Perchance to bloom again, or if required, When time is ripe, to house another soul. Thou art more wise than I, yet recketh not, Oh, soul o’ mine, that I at last am tired! Godspeed!”
Southern Woman’s Magazine Jane Belfield