To this dark world—wouldst thou?
“O! no—O! no”—I hear thee say,
“My Savior hath his promise kept;
He comforts me; and yet I must
Weep on—for Jesus wept!”
“But let the youthful Christian go
Thus early to her peaceful home;
Yes—I am willing now to lay
My darling in the tomb!”
Charleston, February 14, 1841.