Winter ceases, spring leaps by
and winter arrives again
but lo! summer halted- forever
and the wind's ne'er the same

Later in life you cross'd the barrier
so young we played and laughed together
in the fields a memory to cherish
oh you cross'd so young.

And that little partition meant forever
o how it hurts to see you gone
even to the grief founded no solace
even the tears cometh I sorrow

How cruel death is I've known
when moments we live comes to end
o we are a soft twig
notch'd 'mid gusts of scary wind
any moment we shall leave.

Summer ne'er comes and ne'er shall
yet taking this line down
slowly, in my heart I moan-
we meet in another better world
whence we ne'er bade goodbye.