Last Lines of Caroline Bowles Southey
A little child!Farewell, farewell, my dearest!God bless thee, precious child!Have haunted me evermore.Heaven is thy home!How strong that secret sympathy.Is surely best.My trust, and my immortal hopes, I know.Of darkness and of doubt.Points to a happier home the heavenward way.Tell me of change and death!The mighty hand of God.To meet and welcome me.To that securest rest.Where snake never harbored, and thorn never grew.With peaceful thoughts that night.You must love me because I love you.