And set me wholly free!
I’ll thank thee for that cold embrace
Through all eternity!
December 31, 1839.
O! SING TO ME OF HEAVEN!
The following lines were written on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Ramsay, widow of the late David Ramsay, the son of the Historian of South Carolina. Her maiden name was Pinckney, a name identified with the history of our state. The lines were suggested by the scenes which took place at her death; they are affectionately dedicated to my dear friends, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Pinckney, and to our beloved teachers, the Misses Ramsay, to whom my father’s daughters owe a pleasing debt of gratitude.
O! sing to me of Heaven,
When I am call’d to die!
Sing songs of holy ecstasy,
To waft my soul on high!