On heavenly scenes to fix his failing eye,
And thus with Christian fortitude to die!
An outstretched arm, omnipotent to save,
Was near him when his last great enemy
Closed for the mortal struggle. Then he gave
His parting soul to Him who triumph’d o’er the grave.
XXXVII.
His parents, ignorant of his dying state,
Were in the great south western city,[15] when
A letter came. Twas not of recent date,