May God bless you and your...
With you a part of me hath passed away;
For in the peopled forest of my mind
A tree made lifeless by this wintry wind
Shall never don again it green array.
Chapel and fireside, country road and bay,
Have something of their friendliness resigned;
Another, if I would, I could not find,
And I am grown much older in a day.
but yet I treasure in my memory
Your gift of charity, and a young heart's ease,
And the dear honor of your amity;
For these once mine, my life...
Mary O'Connor
September 12, 2008 | West Chester, PA