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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reikie, William

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​REIKIE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 21; h-p., 33.)
William Reikie entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Expedition cutter, Lieut.-Commander Grosvenor Winkworth, lying in Leith Roads; and in the following May removed to the Bellerophon 74, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas) Pasley, under whom he fought in Lord Howe’s actions, 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. In Dec. of the latter year he became Master’s Mate of the Ambuscade 32, and after serving for 18 months in that frigate and in the Glenmore 44, both commanded in the North Sea by Capt. Geo. Duff; joined, in the summer of 1796, the Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, stationed on the coast of France; where, in Jan. 1800, he was placed in command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Telemachus cutter. He was confirmed, 8 March following, into the Voltigeur sloop, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, Lennox Thompson, and Thos. Hill, employed, until April, 1802, at Newfoundland and off Cadiz; and was subsequently appointed – 1 Sept. 1803, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. A. K. Legge, part of the force engaged in Sir Robt. Calder’s action 22 July, 1805 – 9 Aug. 1806, to the Canopus 80, Capt. T. G. Shortland, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Louis, under whom he assisted we believe at the capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le Président French frigate, and in Feb. 1807 passed the Dardanells – 22 Dec. 1807, after eight months of half-pay, to the Texel 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon at Leith – and in May, 1808, to the Transport service, in which he continued employed on the coast of Portugal, in the Mediterranean, and at Cork, until Sept. 1815. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 31 Dec. 1830; and on the Senior 5 Nov. 1844.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reid, Douglas

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​REID. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Douglas Reid was born 26 Oct. 1806 at Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raleigh sloop. While serving as Midshipman on board the Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, he fell from the lower deck to the keelson, in the after-hold, and was so severely injured that he was sent to Plymouth Hospital, and there subjected to a most painful operation. He passed his examination in 1827; and for his services on the coast of Syria, where he was throughout the whole campaign the Senior Mate in the squadron, was promoted, 5 Nov. 1840, to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been – 30 July, 1841, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned home and was paid off in Feb. 1842 – 18 Oct. 1842, to the St. Vincent 120, from which ship, bearing the flags of Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Chas. Rowley at Portsmouth, he was discharged, in consequence of ill health, and sent to the hospital, towards the close of 1843 – 9 Sept. 1844, to the Pantaloon 10, Capt. Edm. Wilson, fitting at Portsmouth – 4 March, 1845, to the Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, with whom he continued employed on particular service, latterly as First-Lieutenant, until Feb. 1847 – and 22 Jan. 1848, to the post of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. He was awarded a pension for the injury above alluded to 1 Jan. 1847.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reid, Robert

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​REID. (Lieutenant, 1843)
Robert Reid entered the Navy 18 Sept. 1829; passed his examination 1 June, 1836; and at the period of his promotion, 26 Jan. 1843, was serving at Plymouth as Mate on board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne. From 18 March, 1843, until paid off at the close of 1846, he was employed at the Cape of Good Hope as Second and First Lieutenant in the Sappho 16, Capts. Hon. Geo. Hope and Robt. Fitzgerald Gambier; and since 26 Feb. 1847 he has been officiating in the capacity last mentioned on board the Mariner 12, Capts. Hon. Geo. Hope and Chas. Mitchell Mathison.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reid, Curtis

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​REID. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
Curtis Reid was born 16 Feb. 1789. His father, brother, and some other relatives were in the Naval Service.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Chichester 44, Capt. Jos. Spear; and in the course of the same year was present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago, and of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Removing, in June, 1805, to the Arethusa 38, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, he assisted in that ship at the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a spirited action, in which the British sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 32 wounded, of the Pomona Spanish frigate of 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and merchandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11 36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of which were destroyed. In 1807 he shared in the memorable capture of Curaçoa. After serving for about 15 months on the Jamaica station in the Firefly 14, Lieut.-Commander David Boyd, he was there, 29 July and 8 Aug. 1809, nominated Acting- Lieutenant of the Sparrow 16, and Avon 18, Capts. Edw. Burt and Henry Tillieux Fraser. While in the latter vessel, to which the Admiralty confirmed him by a commission bearing date 10 Oct. 1809, he was severely wounded in the left arm in a long and destructive action fought (the Rainbow 22 in company) with the French 40-gun frigate La Néréide, 14 Feb. 1810. His last appointments were – 16 Aug. 1810, to the Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Douglas, also in the West Indies, whence, in the course of the same month, he invalided – 4 March, 1811, to the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis at Spithead – and 16 Nov. 1811 and 7 June, 1813, to the Ganymede 26 and Minstrel 24, Capts. John Brett Purvis and Robt. Mitford, both in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Nov. of the latter year.
In consideration of his wound, Lieut. Reid was allowed, 25 April, 1814, a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum. He married 26 Oct. 1826. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McCoy, Robert

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​M‘COY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
Robert M‘Coy is son of Daniel M‘Coy, Esq., Master R.N. (1788), who died in April, 1835, at Southsea, aged 75.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1794, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, attached to the force in the Channel, whence, in 1794, he sailed for the West Indies in the Ganges 74, Capt. Wm. Truscott. Quitting that ship in June, 1795, he next, between 1797 and Oct. 1801, served on the Home and Mediterranean stations as Midshipman in the Juste 80 Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, Royal William, ​bearing the flag of Sir Peter Parker, Snake sloop, Capt. John Mason Lewis, Pearl 32, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, and Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, under whom he took part in the operations connected with the expedition to Egypt. Being confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for six months as such in the West Indies on board the Defence 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet) by commission dated 3 July, 1802, Mr. M‘Coy was subsequently appointed in that capacity – 22 Nov. 1803, to the Raisonnable 64, Capts. Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, Chas. Malcolm, and Josias Rowley, in which ship, prior to serving on shore at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, he fought in Sir Robert Calder’s action 22 July, 1805 – in Feb. 1806, to the Narcissus 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly, under whom he witnessed the fall of Buenos Ayres – 17 July, 1807 (after nine months of half-pay), to the Resolution 74, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Temple Hardy, part of the force employed in 1809 at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads and at the capture of Flushing – 14 Aug. 1811, to the Swiftsure 74, Capts. T. Hardy, Andrew King, Wm. Stewart, Jeremiah Coghlan, and Edw. Stirling Dickson, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he shared in one of Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial actions with the Toulon fleet – and, 16 July, 1814, to the Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell. In the following Nov. Mr. M‘Coy, who had been altogether upwards of seven years First-Lieutenant of the Narcissus, Resolution, Swiftsure, and Tremendous, took up a Commander’s commission dated 15 of the previous June. With the exception of an appointment held in the Coast Guard from 6 April, 1831, until the commencement of 1834, he has since been on half-pay.
His only daughter is the wife of Capt. W. L. Castle, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McCornish, James

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​M‘CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
James M‘Cornish died in the early part of 1846. This officer entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. Continuing in that ship until paid off in Aug. 1815, he oo-operated with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, was for some time employed in the West Indies, and cruized off the coast of France during the war of 100 days. He passed his examination 7 Feb. 1816, and between that period and the date of his advancement to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Nov. 1827, was employed in vessels of different descriptions – from 1817 to 1820, as chief officer, in a Revenue-cruizer. At the period of his promotion he was with Capt. Malcolm in the Royal Charlotte yacht. He did not afterwards go afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McDonell, John Julius

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​M‘DONELL. (Commander, 1846.)
John Julius M‘Donell entered the Navy 16 Jan. 1816; and while Midshipman of the Cambrian frigate was intrusted with the charge of a merchantman, in which he succeeded in beating off two piratical boats in the Negropont. He passed his examination in 1823; obtained his first commission 13 Sept. 1826; and was afterwards appointed – 3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys in North America and the West Indies – 8 Dec. 1830, to the command of the Firefly schooner, which vessel, employed on the station last mentioned, he had the misfortune to lose in 1835 – 8 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard – and 1 July, 1845, to the command of the Nautilus 10. He was employed in the latter vessel on Home service until advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and is now on half-pay.
He married, in 1841, Louisa, relict of the late H. Hyde, Esq., of London. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McDaniel, Jeremiah

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​M‘DANIEL. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
Jeremiah M‘Daniel entered the Navy, 29 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, with whom until Jan. 1814 he continued most actively employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Pyramus 38, and Cressy 74, on the Baltic, West India, and Mediterranean stations. In the Franchise, in particular, be was present at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and at the capture of the town of Samana, St. Domingo, almost the last port of refuge on the station for the enemy’s privateers. Joining, in July, 1814, the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he served, while in that ship, on shore at the battle of Bladensburg, and was severely wounded in the attack upon Washington. He was in consequence nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 2 Sept. in the same year, of the Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes; and on 19 of the following Oct. was confirmed into the Dispatch 16, Capt. Wm. Cobbe. He went on half-pay in April, 1815, and has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McDonell, Thomas

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​M‘DONELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 9; h-p., 34.)
Thomas M‘Donell entered the Navy, 4 March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, Capts. Sir Rich. King, Jas. Newman Newman, and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, employed on the Home and West India stations. On his return to England in 1807, as Midshipman of the Hercule 74, Capt. Barrington Dacres, he cruized for several ​months in the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, and then rejoined Capt. Newman, as Master’s Mate, on board the Hero 74. In Aug. 1809 he was sent in command of a gun-boat to co-operate in the attack upon Flushing. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 18 July, 1810, and was employed, during the last three years of the war, in the Opossum 10, Capt. Thos. Wolrige, and Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, on the West India and North American stations. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McDouall, James

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​M‘DOUALL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 21; h-p., 30.)
James M‘Douall died 30 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered the Nayy, 27 July, 1795, as A.B., on board the Zebra sloop, Capts. Norborne Thompson, David M‘Iver, and John Hurst, in which vessel, stationed in the West Indies, he continued to serve, in the capacities of Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, until transferred, 25 April, 1797, to a Master’s Mateship in the Intrepid 64, Capts. Robt. Parker and Wm. Hargood. In Sept. 1801, after having again acted as Lieutenant in the ship last mentioned, Mr. M‘Douall, then in the East Indies, became Master’s Mate of the Arrogant 74, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborne; and on 11 of the following month he was appointed, a third time, to the post of Acting-Lieutenant in the Trident 64, Capts. Thos. Surridge, Chas. Jas. Johnston, Peter Rainier, and Benj. Wm. Page, bearing the flag for a period of Vice- Admiral Rainier. Being confirmed to the Trident by commission dated 22 April, 1802, he continued attached to her, on the East India station, until Oct. 1805. While cruizing next, for a few months in 1806, in the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, we find him assisting at the destruction, off Cape Henry, on the American coast, of the French 74-gun ship L’Impétueux. Between Aug. 1807 and his advancement to the rank of Commander 12 Oct. 1814, he served on the West India, Mediterranean, and Home stations, in the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, Northumberland 74, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Hon. Henry Hotham, Asia and Barham 74’s, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and San Josef and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Lord Keith. His last employments were, from 15 Nov. 1814 to 6 Sept. 1816, as Regulating officer and Commandant of gun-boats at Greenock – and, from 21 March 1816 to 25 March, 1819, as Superintendent of the Ordinary at Portsmouth.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McDonell, John

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​M‘DONELL. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 11.)
John M‘Donell entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveret brig, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, stationed at first in the North Sea, and afterwards in the Mediterranean; where, on becoming attached to the Unité 36, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, he was wounded in the boats of that frigate at the capture of two of the enemy’s vessels in 1812. Removing, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1814, to the Phoenix 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen, he continued to serve in the Mediterranean until wrecked in a hurricane near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816; after which, and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Sept. 1823, we find him employed, six years of the time as a passed Midshipman, in the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, Maeander 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Egeria 24, Capt. Robt. Rowley, Active 38, Capt. Sir I. A. Gordon, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Apollo and Royal George yachts, Capts. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel – on the Home and Newfoundland stations. His succeeding appointments were – 9 Dec. 1S24, to the Pandora 18, Capts. Wm. Gordon, Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Hon. John Fred. Gordon, with whom, until paid off in Feb. 1830, he served at Newfoundland and in the East Indies – 9 Nov. 1830, as First, to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, employed on particular service – 9 Sept. 1831, in a similar capacity, to the Curaçoa 26, Capt. David Dunn, on the East India station – 26 June, 1832, again as Senior, to the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Parker, with whom he returned home in the early part of 1833 – 25 March, 1836, still as First, to the Hercules 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the Lisbon station – and, 24 Jan. 1837, as only Lieutenant, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He continued in the latter vessel until promoted to the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; and he afterwards, from 24 Aug. 1841 until put out of commission in 1844, officiated as Second-Captain of the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the Mediterraneon station. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McDougall, John (a)

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​M‘DOUGALL. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 20; h-p., 34.)
John M‘Dougall entered the Navy, 1 April, 1793, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Vestal 28, Capt. John M‘Dougall, attached to the force on the Home station, where he further, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 26 April, 1800, served as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant in the Asia 64, Capt. J. M‘Dougall, Savage sloop, Capt. G. Winckworth, and Edgar 74, Capts. J. M‘Dougall and Edw. Buller. He was then employed for several months at the blockade of Dunkerque in the Atalante sloop, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths; on leaving which vessel he proceeded to the West Indies, and there cruized, during the remainder of the war, in the Crescent 36, Capts. Wm. Grenville Lobb and Jas. Carthew. In July, 1804, after he had been for 14 months employed in the Sea-Fencibles at Southend in Essex, Mr.M‘Dougall obtained an appointment to the Hecla bomb, in which vessel, commanded by Capts. Sykes and Scott, we find him assisting at the bombardment of Havre in July and Aug. 1804. Joining next the Caesar 80, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Sir Rich. John Strachan, he was afforded an opportunity of participating in that ship in the action off Ferrol 4 Nov. 1805. In Dec. 1806, his health compelling him to invalid, he sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in a merchant-vessel, carrying with him Sir R. J. Strachan’s despatches. It was his misfortune however, on 13 of the following month, to fall, when off Scilly, into the hands of a French privateer, by whom he was taken a prisoner to France, where he remained in captivity until April 1814. Returning then to England, he assumed, 11 May, 1815, the command, which he held until 23 March, 1816, of the Telegraph station at Beacon Hill in Kent. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 1 Dec. 1830; and on the Senior 9 Dec. 1844.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/Life a Flower of the Field

6. Life a Flower of the Field.
The sun had risen, the air was sweet,
And brightly shone the morning dew,
And cheerful sounds and busy feet
Pass'd the lone meadows through;
While rolling like a flowery sea,
In waves of gay and spiry bloom,
The hay-fields rippled merrily,
In beauty and perfume.
I saw the early mowers pass
At morn along that pleasant dell,
And rank on rank the shining grass
Around them quickly fell.
I look'd, and far and wide at noon
The morning's fallen flowers were spread;
And all, as rose the evening moon,
Beneath the scythe were dead.
​All flesh is grass, the Scriptures say,
And so through life's brief span we find;
Cut down as in a summer day
Are all of human kind.
Some, while the morning still is fair,
Will fall in youth's sweet op'ning prime;
The heat of mid-day some will bear,
But all lie low in time.
O mournful thought! ah, how to me
It breathes a solemn warning tale!
I soon a broken stem shall be,
Like those that strew the vale.
At early dawn or closing light
The silent hand of death may fall:
Oh, may I learn this lesson right,
So full of truth for all!
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/St. Monica

5. St. Monica.
To ancient Milan's city fair,
Where holy Ambrose dwelt,
A woman came in deepest wo,
And at his feet she knelt:
"Father, I weep both day and night,
My very heart is riv'n,
My unbelieving son is still
By pride and passion driven.
He wanders to and fro on earth,
His spirit seeking rest;
And finding none, he drains a cup
By God and man unblest.
​His voice, O Father, still upholds
Each impious sect in turn,
And men from his impassion'd words
Pernicious errors learn."
"Rise, daughter, rise," the saint replied,
"Take courage from thy fears;
The child will not be lost for whom
A mother sheds such tears."
For Austin unbaptized it was
That weeping mother pray'd,
And on Saint Austin's breast at last
Her dying head was laid.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/Suffer the little Children to come to Me

Catholic
SACRED SONGS.
1. Suffer the little Children to come to Me.
When Jesus halted on his way,
And many thronged to see,
Though some forbade, yet would he say,
"Come, little ones, to me."
Oh, happy then that infant band
That gathered round his knee,
And happy they who kiss'd the hand
That bled to set them free.
Had I been near him on that day,
His gracious smile to see;
Had I been near to hear him say,
"Come, little ones, to me;"—
Oh, what were then a throne above
Or seraph's seat on high,
Compared with one sweet glance of love
From that all-pitying eye!
​Yet, hast thou not, my Lord and God,
Though on thy throne above,
Still here on earth thy own abode,
The Altar of thy love?
Oh, thither, then, let me repair,
Thy gracious smile to see,
And hear thee say in stillness there,
"Come, little one, to me."
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/Hymn to the Infant Jesus asleep in the arms of Mary

30. Hymn to the Infant Jesus asleep in the arms of Mary.
Sleep, Jesus, sleep,
Upon thy Mother's breast;
Great Lord of earth and sea and sky,
How sweet it is to see thee lie
In such a place of rest!
Sleep, Jesus, sleep;
While I with Mary gaze
In joy upon that face awhile,
Upon the loving infant smile
Which there divinely plays.
Sleep, Jesus, sleep;
Oh, take thy brief repose;
Too quickly will thy slumbers break,
And thou to lengthen'd pains awake,
Which death alone shall close.
Then must those hands
Which now so small I see, ​Those little pearly feet of thine,
So soft, so delicately fine,
Be pierced and rent for me?
Then must that brow
Its thorny crown receive;
That cheek, more lovely than the rose,
Be drench'd with blood and marr'd with blows,
That I thereby may live?
O Mary blest,
Sweet Virgin, hear my cry;
Forgive the wrong that I have done
To thee, in causing thy dear Son
Upon the cross to die.
THE END.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/It is a joyful thing to die

This is an arrangement of Taylor's "A Story of Heaven" with an added moral.
26. It is a joyful thing to die.
(A dialogue between two children.)
Brother.
It is a joyful thing to die;
For though this world is fair,
I dream I see a lovelier one,
And fancy I am there.
Methinks that I am borne away
As soon as I have died;
And wander round a pleasant place,
With an angel by my side.
To that bright world I long to go,
I would not linger here;
Except for gentle mother's sake,
And yours, my sister dear.
But when I read my book to her,
And when I play with you,
I quite forget that glorious land,
And blessed Angel too.
Yet oft, when I am wearied grown
Of reading and of play,
These pleasant dreams come back again
And steal my heart away.
And then again I seem to wish,
That mother, you, and I
Could shut our eyes upon the world,
And all together die.
Sister.
Ah, brother! if indeed it be
That heaven is so fair, ​If it be such a pleasant place,
Oh, let us batten there! Our mother wept when father died
Until her eyes were dim,
And oft I think she longs to go
And be at rest with him.
Moral.
Ah, children dear! you speak a truth
Whose depth you little see;
Most blest it is to pass from hence
In infant purity.
Yet blest are also they who live
Through years of good and ill,
To serve their Lord, and day by day
To do his holy will.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/Oh, blessed is my Baby Boy

16. Oh, blessed is my Baby Boy.
(The Christian Mother.)
"Oh, blessed is my baby boy!"
Thus spoke a mother to her child,
And kiss'd him with excess of joy:
He look'd into her face and smil'd.
But as the mother breath'd his name,
The fervent prayer was scarcely said,
Convulsions shook his infant frame—
The mother's only hope was dead!
Yet still her fervent trust she kept
In Him who changes grief to joy;
And still she whisper'd as she wept,
"Oh, blessed is my baby boy,
Oh, blessed Is my baby boy,
And sweet the hope when life is o'er
Again to see, in endless joy,
His darling face, and part no more!"