Augusta County: Samuel Franklin Carson to Unknown, [undated]
Summary:
Two undated poems by Carson, both religious in theme and the second addressed to an
unnamed "_______"
A Wish
Pray God's presence be with thee,
Thy life to protect;
May his
kindness preserve thee,
Thy footsteps direct.
When sorrows afflict thee,
And thy spirits are sad,
Look up to thy Savior,
His love will make glad.
When death shall command thee,
To sleep in the dust,
Pray God by thy helper,
In Him be thy trust.
[illeg.] Carson Cop. "D" 5th Regiment - Virginia [illeg.]
Oh, may thy life be as the prayer
Which breaths upon the evening air.
And
finding favor before the throne,
Reflects to earth in mercies shown.
Hear
blessings bright as summer flowers
Shed sincere sweet[unclear: o'er] all thy
hours,
And as God's bow of promise be
Ever, dear ______, encircling thee.
And when thy pulse doth feebly beat,
And earthly seems in dull retreat,
Shall
fade beneath the [unclear: wintry] breath
Of silent and approaching
death,
May heaven send an angel guide
To lead thee o'er the flowing tide,
To that fair
home, beyond the sea,
Where jogs,
dear ______, await for thee.
