refresh some thirsty
soul and plant a flower that will brighten the path of some weary one.

It is my desire that I may close the life I cannot live over in the
city where it began, surrounded by loved ones in whose lives I have
lived. I can think of no more fitting close to this lecture than to
use a thought borrowed from another, in paying a tribute to my old
Kentucky home:

On her blue-grass bed in youth
I rolled and romped and rested;
At the altars of her church
I learned in whom I trusted.

'Tis here my honored parents sleep,
A dear sweet babe reposes,
And o'er my darling daughter's grave
Blossom the summer roses.

'Tis here my marriage vows were given,
'Tis here my children found me;
My heart is here, and here may heaven
Fold angel wings around me.

May sacred memories hold me here,
And when life's dream closes,
May I the plaudit "well done" wear,
Then sleep beneath her roses.

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