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From: Lisa Perry <>
Subject: [MOMONROE] NBC: Dry
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:55:17 -0400


Untitled,undated poem; original source unknown. Extracted from the
newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of
Madison, Missouri.



In memory of Mrs. Rebecca Dry (who) died September 21st, 1896.

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By her granddaughter, Minnie Fields, Hannibal, Mo.



"Grandma was tired and weary,

Weary with tears and with pain,

But by the staff and the rocker,

She will not need them again.

Into sweet rest she has entered,

No more to suffer or weep,

After life's long, fitful fever,

Grandma has fallen to sleep.



Hills that she loved now enfold her,

Hid in their bosom she lies;

Heeds not the song of the robin;

Beauty of blossom or skies.

Over her bed the grasses,

Soon will so lovingly creep,

Out 'mid the daisies and clover

Grandma is lying asleep.



Rest the worn feet now forever,

Dear wrinkled hands are so still,

Pulseless the heart that no longer

Sorrow can quicken or thrill.

Years will glide o'er her gently,

Fading the shadowland deep.

Drive back thy tears would you

Grandma has fallen asleep.



Oh! beautiful sleep for the weary,

Beautiful sleep for the true,

Lying so peacefully ever

Under the sunlight and dew.

Floats through our heartstrings a quiver

Like breath to a whisper sweet,

He giveth - to his beloved -

And Grandma has fallen asleep."



Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by
their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any
printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission
from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of
itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented,
transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite
permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for
personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and
genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of
their patrons.



Kathleen Wilham

2 Sharon Drive

Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562








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