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40. ON MY FATHER, REV. T. ALLEN. (notes)

I give thee thanks and praise, Great God above!

That though one half a hundred years be fled

Since my dear earthly father join'd the dead,

He lives within my heart. His faith, his love,

His zeal for right, the thoughts that him did move

The foes of truth t' encounter without dread—

All foes of Him who on the cross once bled—

Such things for him a web of honor wove.

My years are more than his: O, could I say,

My virtues are but equal; and that, when

I reach the closing hour of my life's day,

My God would give me his strong faith; for then,

As told he could not live, he made reply—

"I'm going to live forever in the sky!"