by Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Life’s visions are vanished, its dreams...
Language: English
Life’s visions are vanished, its dreams are no more. Dear friends of my bosom, why bathed in tears? I go to my fathers; I welcome the shore, which crowns all my hopes, or which buries my cares. Then farewell my dear, my lov’d daughter, Adieu! The last pang in life is in parting from you. Two Seraphs await me, long shrouded in death; I will bear them your love on my last parting breath.
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