Departed soul, whose sudden calm decease
Came in the moment when thy joyous heart
Welcom’d the birth-hour of thy latest born-
Thou at whose feet a care-devoted child
I stood unconscious in the hour of death,
And saw thy eyelid close, nor deem’d it aught
Save the sweet symptom of returning sleep-
Kind parent, whose indulgence yet my soul
Fondly remembers, and thy name reveres-
If in the mansions where thy spirit dwells
Inhabits sweet remembrance of thy own,
Know they are happy, and thy virtues hail
With never-ceasing pride and filial joy.
(James Hurdis)
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