Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
Wy nI MAJ. rIAt Z.

lli what II cheerful shouts at nos.i
tomr from the Nillngc sent
Or sung ui maids beneath tho moon,
VIII HirN laughter hirnl,
Md what lin the evening lRht,
Beruthpd lnYcr. walk IN sight
OF my loWlE monument,
Nuutd the lovely st'uv around
MMht hn"~ no taidcr isht not rennd Z
Ana when | die, aud yog rs p,G
away in my last resting place, uh, d,g
not MY grave in the churehyard on
yonder black and drcary plain Place
me nor There, away from thu ha,afe
tions Of men, where December breczc11
howl aud ttfuily si,,h throurh the serr
grass that grows around the marble
piles, whore owls sllll II; and hoot and
wizards fight and sing. where even the
cpitaphs OF sculpturcd mausoIcums shall
grow dim through want Of ewes to gaze
oh place me not there in the cold
dark grave, where the bag, la. moss
shall gather around my tombstone. anl
Kissing serprnt- cli wine themselves
among the weeds, whore, in the awf,l
silence Of midnights darkeat hohr,
when "charchyarls yawn aud graves
give up tnrir dead, ghosts and goblins
shall howl their requiem soug, and
bony sk lgton5 Griu with Death ) ghast-
lincss and with horrid m6ckcry dance
around my lowI, BED. Rht oh, let me
5o buried in some lovely valley, by the
side Of SOME gently hrIing stream,
whore crystal waters wplmuriug over
their pcbbly bed ,iaIl send forth sweet
music, that shall mingIc with the soft
sigh Of whispering zcphyr.. aud rise
Ike The song, Of aageia On the air of
lIea1cn. Let me be- buried where
sweet flowers shall bloom around. where
the fragrance ami perfume of the
blooming -iorics ol sumner shall I'LL
the air with sacred incense and aro-
matte olor be waited from my grave.
Irt me w. buried whrr{ tha @lll shopss
oj joyono children il EI2y2d gl{c, AS
they 2lurol around MY grave, shall BE-
echoed through loY valley, aud the
munfajn sides roI back Tho joyoa.
i1ugh
/ would tho ioycl, escno around.
saotu riIou no ttJ IT, qign -, md"
On bury ,9c "A some lovely, a,liet
spot, whern gpsars meet to breath, their
boty vow III twilight le.seninJ hour.
Lca me ll where, by the 10 'of nav
low mo,'nncnt. sweet ,nerl lips shall
! tis3 IL i.aycr for distant friends, Let
ue h{ Who're the birds Of Heaven shall
ing around my .rty' and the wild
notes Of laughing .oaopl girls join in
| lan autumn Sung
4 Jet me lie where, hy the moons pale
\ light, the fay, aud elf shlh dance to
4thc music Of singing scphyrs. aud Iiel,2
, winged fairies chant the dirge, as in
! t1oir mystic circles, they molG around
/ py lonely, quiet grave. Let me live
/. among the flowers, and with them, like
them pa.s away.
]. 80. would that
Asal% l..R %.f on 'ite 'lh' i1sfa' ~ hover 'a4
Md learcr c,. the sanshine If kind h,oks.
/ And music nt Kind yoice. ep,,f nigh
! ~ wien NY hst sani twinkle, in tiic rlass,
! FH@ ~ftentiy from men ~ flowers DO pa@"
Thus would | Dir and pass away TO
my last resting tisct And while my
body shah mix win it's original dust,
my diseuthraIieH spirit. u,fetterod from
its cnlnbrcti3 clay. shah bloor Immortal
youth ar.tpd the throne { Cod
let nc az. .:giye to i've on earth
| to pr. l,tTe tbG spnl fly ,he better land
Let oic % tive. thai from the lovely
sqraes of earh, | may pass away y
'oose sill mure ioyely in the Spirit
La0d Lot me die the death Of the
righteous, and let my last end bs like
/ his - Rco r. lH NicAols, Thref
J K, >. Hus., Jan. lSt7.