A Mother’s Grief + 

There lies the sole remaining hope + 

Of all my coming years; + 

The treasure of my widow’d heart, + 

The tie that bound me here. + 

He was the last⁠—the loveliest, + 

And can you blame my grief, + 

Or chide the falling tears which give + 

This bursting heart relief? + 

There’s nothing left for me to love + 

This earth holds nothing dear, + 

Since he, my sweet⁠—my gentle one, + 

Is now no longer here. + 

My poor fond heart had counted on + 

Such bliss, in future hours! + 

And I had dreamed his coming days + 

Here strewed with fairy flowers! + 

Perchance ’twas wrong to love him thus, + 

And I have been chastised⁠— + 

For He who gave him to my trust, + 

Hath called him to the skies. + 

He was too dear⁠—oh! far too dear, + 

The idol of my soul⁠— + 

Then blame me not⁠—this burst of grief + 

I cannot now control. + 