The Grave of Uncle True.Beside the worn and moss-grown rock,The ivy vine doth cling,And the blue-bird from theshadowy oak,Folds up his trembling wing;And there until the vesper hour.His song comes sweet and low—A requiem to the faithful heartThat slumbereth below.Chorus.—Poor Uncle True,Poor Uncle True,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly downOn the grave of Uncle True.His pilgrimage on earth is done—His life of toil is o’er,And summer’s gale or winter’s wail,Shall meet his ear no more.Death’s shadow hides his sleeping form,And vails him from our view,But the spirit of the past still dwellsRound the grave of Uncle True.The chaplet wreathed by Gerty’s hand,Of roses white and red,Unheeded in their freshness lieAbove his lowly head;And the evening cricket’s chirp is heard,When falls the pearly dew,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly down,On the grave of Uncle True.
Beside the worn and moss-grown rock,The ivy vine doth cling,And the blue-bird from theshadowy oak,Folds up his trembling wing;And there until the vesper hour.His song comes sweet and low—A requiem to the faithful heartThat slumbereth below.Chorus.—Poor Uncle True,Poor Uncle True,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly downOn the grave of Uncle True.His pilgrimage on earth is done—His life of toil is o’er,And summer’s gale or winter’s wail,Shall meet his ear no more.Death’s shadow hides his sleeping form,And vails him from our view,But the spirit of the past still dwellsRound the grave of Uncle True.The chaplet wreathed by Gerty’s hand,Of roses white and red,Unheeded in their freshness lieAbove his lowly head;And the evening cricket’s chirp is heard,When falls the pearly dew,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly down,On the grave of Uncle True.
Beside the worn and moss-grown rock,The ivy vine doth cling,And the blue-bird from theshadowy oak,Folds up his trembling wing;And there until the vesper hour.His song comes sweet and low—A requiem to the faithful heartThat slumbereth below.Chorus.—Poor Uncle True,Poor Uncle True,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly downOn the grave of Uncle True.His pilgrimage on earth is done—His life of toil is o’er,And summer’s gale or winter’s wail,Shall meet his ear no more.Death’s shadow hides his sleeping form,And vails him from our view,But the spirit of the past still dwellsRound the grave of Uncle True.The chaplet wreathed by Gerty’s hand,Of roses white and red,Unheeded in their freshness lieAbove his lowly head;And the evening cricket’s chirp is heard,When falls the pearly dew,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly down,On the grave of Uncle True.
Beside the worn and moss-grown rock,The ivy vine doth cling,And the blue-bird from theshadowy oak,Folds up his trembling wing;And there until the vesper hour.His song comes sweet and low—A requiem to the faithful heartThat slumbereth below.
Beside the worn and moss-grown rock,
The ivy vine doth cling,
And the blue-bird from theshadowy oak,
Folds up his trembling wing;
And there until the vesper hour.
His song comes sweet and low—
A requiem to the faithful heart
That slumbereth below.
Chorus.—Poor Uncle True,Poor Uncle True,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly downOn the grave of Uncle True.
Chorus.—Poor Uncle True,
Poor Uncle True,
And the lamps of heaven shine brightly down
On the grave of Uncle True.
His pilgrimage on earth is done—His life of toil is o’er,And summer’s gale or winter’s wail,Shall meet his ear no more.Death’s shadow hides his sleeping form,And vails him from our view,But the spirit of the past still dwellsRound the grave of Uncle True.
His pilgrimage on earth is done—
His life of toil is o’er,
And summer’s gale or winter’s wail,
Shall meet his ear no more.
Death’s shadow hides his sleeping form,
And vails him from our view,
But the spirit of the past still dwells
Round the grave of Uncle True.
The chaplet wreathed by Gerty’s hand,Of roses white and red,Unheeded in their freshness lieAbove his lowly head;And the evening cricket’s chirp is heard,When falls the pearly dew,And the lamps of heaven shine brightly down,On the grave of Uncle True.
The chaplet wreathed by Gerty’s hand,
Of roses white and red,
Unheeded in their freshness lie
Above his lowly head;
And the evening cricket’s chirp is heard,
When falls the pearly dew,
And the lamps of heaven shine brightly down,
On the grave of Uncle True.