In Memoriam

    His mother from celestial bower,
    In the self-same day and hour
    Of her death or heavenly birth,
    Gazed again upon the earth,
    And saw her gentle, loving boy,
    Once source of fond maternal joy,
    In anguish on a couch of pain.
    She knew that earthly hopes were vain,
    And beckoned him to realms above
    To share with her the heavenly love.