But when I go

To my lone bed, I find no mother there;

And weeping kneel, to say the prayer she taught;

Or when I read the Bible that she loved,

Or to her vacant seat at church draw near,

And think of her, a voice is in my heart,

Bidding me early seek my God, and love

My Blessed Saviour; and that voice is her’s,

I know it is, because these were the words

She used to speak so tenderly, with tears,