On November 10th in the 1st ward of New Castle, Zeldie, youngest daughter of the late J.D & L.R FORREST in the 11th year of her age.
To cull a posy of earth's rarest flowers; Moving at leisure among love's brightest bowers, He pansed to pluck our lily from her spray.
Sweet heart, all innocence & purity We saw our blossom droop & pleaded "spare!" A soft voice, floating earthward through the air Breathed "Be resigned: it is the Lord's decree."
Resigned because we knew our bud of love, (When the dark boundary of death was crossed, And God had wiped away the clinging frost,) Would bloom for ages in heaven's tower above.
Soft as the softest silk, and the golden bright As sunshine shimmering through summer air, And here is a likeness of our floweret fair Who blossoms now in the realms that know no night.
And we mournful now whoerst were gay But we will hope until our lives are done, That we in heaven will see our little one Blossoming on a pure celestial spray. |