IN MEMORIAM[2]
My bosom swells with fervent grief,My heart aches to its core,See him struggling, he is dying,Our Walter is no more!* * * * *When we laid him ’neath the turfIn the cold, cold ground,A cloud of darkness seemed to riseWhich covered all around.But when I looked up at the stars,Beyond the heavenly dome,There with loving outstretched armsAngels welcomed Walter home!Farewell, Walter, farewell darling,Life is but a barren strand,Soon we’ll meet thee, happy child,In that far-off happy land!
My bosom swells with fervent grief,My heart aches to its core,See him struggling, he is dying,Our Walter is no more!* * * * *When we laid him ’neath the turfIn the cold, cold ground,A cloud of darkness seemed to riseWhich covered all around.But when I looked up at the stars,Beyond the heavenly dome,There with loving outstretched armsAngels welcomed Walter home!Farewell, Walter, farewell darling,Life is but a barren strand,Soon we’ll meet thee, happy child,In that far-off happy land!
My bosom swells with fervent grief,My heart aches to its core,See him struggling, he is dying,Our Walter is no more!
My bosom swells with fervent grief,
My heart aches to its core,
See him struggling, he is dying,
Our Walter is no more!
* * * * *
* * * * *
When we laid him ’neath the turfIn the cold, cold ground,A cloud of darkness seemed to riseWhich covered all around.
When we laid him ’neath the turf
In the cold, cold ground,
A cloud of darkness seemed to rise
Which covered all around.
But when I looked up at the stars,Beyond the heavenly dome,There with loving outstretched armsAngels welcomed Walter home!
But when I looked up at the stars,
Beyond the heavenly dome,
There with loving outstretched arms
Angels welcomed Walter home!
Farewell, Walter, farewell darling,Life is but a barren strand,Soon we’ll meet thee, happy child,In that far-off happy land!
Farewell, Walter, farewell darling,
Life is but a barren strand,
Soon we’ll meet thee, happy child,
In that far-off happy land!
2. Verses written upon the death of J. Walter Kayhart, son of Lemuel and Mary Kayhart, who died August 15th, 1875.
2. Verses written upon the death of J. Walter Kayhart, son of Lemuel and Mary Kayhart, who died August 15th, 1875.