Note: "Inst." means "instant", and
refers to the current month.
"Ult." means "ultimo", which means "in
the last month."
"So silently we seem'd to speak,
So slowly mov'd about.
As we had lent her half our powers
To eke her living out.
"Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied--
We thought her dying when she slept,
And sleeping when she died.
"For when the morn came dim and sad,
And chill'd with early showers,
Her quiet eyelids clos'd--she had
Another morn than ours."
And though to us he will not [one word illegible]
Pertalusion(?) is not given,
Yet we may freely go to him
And find him safe in Heaven.
Near the font, by which they stood
Where he cleansed them with His blood;
Placed in angels' watchful trust,
Let them slumber, "dust to dust."
Near the chancel where they knelt,
Where His pierced hands they felt
Pressing on the spirit's brow,
Let the dear ones slumber now.
Near the Altar where they fed
On the sacred Blood and Bread;
Till they rise as Christ arose,
Let the slumbering lambs repose.