His heart was larger than his purse.

A widowed wife and orphans four

In mourning sad his loss deplore.

Skibbereen, for whom he ever toiled,

May pay some tribute to his child

By educating him, to gather

A knowledge worthy of the father.

The doctor had four children. The eldest of them was a boy, and the suggestion in the last four lines was the subject of conversation at the wake—that it would be a good thing to get up a testimonial to the widow that would enable her to send the boy to college and have him educated for the medical profession.

A few other lines in verse may be noted:

Eight mourning townsmen did appear