Such cries, O, when has God refused to hear?
Sad hearts, O, when has God refused to cheer?
In fond embrace they knelt, and pray’d to Heaven,
And Heaven’s almighty King in love drew near,
And though beneath the stroke their hearts were riven,
They both gave back to God the gift his love had given!
Charleston, May, 1841.
FOOTNOTES
[2] Charles Palmer Dana, son of Charles E. and Mary S. B. Dana, died in Bloomington, Iowa Territory, August 20th, 1839, aged 2 years and 3 months.
“Woman! thy son liveth.”