THE OLD MAN’S GRAVE

MAKE it where the winds may sweep Through the pine boughs soft and deep, And the murmur of the sea

Come across the orient lea,

And the falling raindrops sing

Gently to his slumbering.

Make it where the meadows wide Greenly lie on every side,

Harvest fields he reaped and trod, Westering slopes of clover sod, Orchard lands where bloom and blow

Trees he planted long ago.

Make it where the starshine dim May be always close to him, And the sunrise glory spread Lavishly around his bed.

And the dewy grasses creep Tenderly above his sleep.

Since these things to him were clear Through full many a well—spent year, It is surely meet their grace

Should be on his resting-place,

And the murmur of the sea

Be his dirge eternally.

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