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It was Thy will, O God. And so he died! / For seventeen sweet years he was a child / Upon whose grace Thy loving-kindness smiled, / For he was clean, and full of youthful pride; / And, when his years drew on, then Thou denied / That he by man's estate should be defiled, / And so Thou call'st him to Thy presence mild / To be with Thee for ever, by Thy side.
Nor is he dead! He lives in three great spheres. / His soul is with Thee in Thy home above: / His influence, -- with friends of former years: / His memory with those he used to love. / He is an emblem of that Trinity / With whom he lives in happy ecstasy.