IN MEMORIAM[5]
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IN MEMORIAM[5]
How can we part, oh, dearest son,
Our treasure ever blest?
With tears of grief we lay thee down
In earth’s cold couch to rest.
Though we may travel this broad earth
And search it far and wide,
Thy presence here beside the hearth
Can never be supplied.
Dearest friends on earth must sever,
We only sojourn here;
Then let us live to live forever
And meet grim death with cheer!
Farewell, farewell, dear child at rest,
Thy troubles are all o’er,
God grant thee peace among the blest,
Beyond cold Jordan’s shore.
THE ABBEY PRINTSHOP, EAST ORANGE, N. J.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
Re-indexed footnotes using numbers and collected together at the end of each poem.