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IN MEMORIAM: A. B. P.
Thou best of all: God's choicest blessing, Sleep; / Better than Earth can offer -- Wealth, Power, Fame: / They change, decay; thou always art the same; / Through all the years thy freshness thou dost keep; / Over all lands thine even pinions sweep. / The sick, the worn, the blind, the lone, the lame, / Hearing thy tranquil footsteps, bless thy name; / Anguish is soothed, Sorrow forgets to weep. / Thou ope'st the captive's cell and bid'st him roam; / Thou giv'st the hunted refuge, free'st the slave, / Show'st the outcast pity, call'st the exile home; / Beggar and king thine equal blessings reap. / We for our loved ones Wealth, Joy, Honors crave; / But God, He giveth his beloved -- Sleep.