Has taken you from me;

Dear child you need not fear for me.

Those kind words, “Mother, live with me,”

As then are now the same;

Unshaken is my confidence,

That you are just the same,

To-day, the very, very same.

Oh! how my heart goes after thee,

My dear, loved, cherished son,

Your father’s name and image bear,

As does no other one;

I see the once-loved in my son.

I see thee oft in fancy’s view,

And love to see thee so;

I’m happy that to your new home,

I’m wholly free to go;

My son to your home I can go.

It is my choice; I would be here,

I love to be alone,

I love this quiet solitude,

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