My brother! my brother! my spirit oft cries,
My brother! my brother! repeat my sad sighs;
Thou art fled, dear youth, from thy sister’s embrace,
Thou hast finish’d thy short but peaceable race.
A Saviour thou knewest while here thou didst stay,
A Saviour who lov’d thee, hath borne thee away,
And wash’d from thy sins in the streams of his blood,
Thou triumph’st secure in the presence of God!
Yes! thou hast obtained eternity’s rest–
With saints and with angels for ever art blest;
For the prize thou didst fight, and the prize thou hast won,
And thy last breath proclaim’d ” ’tis finish’d!” ’tis done!
Revered be thy memory, and honour’d thy dust,
That reposes on earth, as I shortly must!
Thy image shall live in this bosom of mine–
I’ll cherish each page and each relic of thine.
Thy grave I’ll bedew with the tears of my love,
And cling to the hope I may meet thee above;
With faith and with hope I will peacefully dwell,
Oft rememb’ring the lips that bade me farewell!
And the kiss that spoke thy departure was nigh,
When with fervour we pray’d thy spirit might fly
To those happy realms where no sorrow can rise–
Where “God himself wipes ev’ry tear from our eyes!”
(Mary Ann Carter)
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