And sparkled there—a crown of victory!
One groan—one gasp—the wife is left alone!
She o’er him bends to catch his parting sigh,
Then speaks aloud, with clear triumphant tone,
“I wish thee joy, my love! my darling Charles! my own!”
Charleston, June 13, 1841.
FOOTNOTE
[4] Charles E. Dana died in Bloomington, Iowa Territory, August 22, 1839, aged 35 years.
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”