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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

In Exitu

By James Gates Percival (1795–1856)

[From Poetical Works. Collection of 1859.]

WIFE! I am dying,

Life is departing;

Soon I must leave thee,

Soon I am gone.

O, wilt thou weep me

When I have left thee?

O, wilt thou weep me

When I am gone?

If I have ever

Wronged thee or grieved thee,

O now forgive me,

Ere I am gone!

Sadly I rue it,—

Thou wilt forget it;

O then forgive me,

Ere I am gone!

Darkness is round me,

Dimly I see thee;

Life is just closing,

Soon I am gone.

O, thou wilt weep me,

Truly wilt weep me,—

Yes, thou wilt weep me,

When I am gone.