For him whom they had laid upon his bier
With aching hearts. O, many a fervent prayer,
While with most tender tears my cheeks are wet,
Ascends to Heaven for them. May Jesus hear!
And may my heart within me cease to beat,
If ever I their love to one I loved forget!
Charleston, July 12, 1841.
FOOTNOTES
[11] My brother, Isaac Stockton Keith Palmer, died in Havana, Green County, Alabama, February 10, 1839, aged 26 years.
“Thy brother shall rise again.”—John xi. 23.