An only brother, very near in age,
Who loved her as himself—and more; he stood
With folded arms and drooping head, and saw
His darling sister hidden from his view
By the dark envious grave. But he has gone
To meet her in her everlasting home!
In distant Alabama’s friendly soil,
He found a grave! They were too pure for earth;
And ’tis not saying they were wholly pure,
To say thus much—for when th’ immortal soul