. Deutsch-Amerika : Gedichte . lend,For town and country mourn this dayA true physician and a friend. i Let us give thanks for faithful labor,Which he bestowed in time of not for self, but for your motto proved in every deed. I Like as a diamond, pure, serene. Tears glisten mongst the grateful poor;Where luring gold could not be seen | His aid was given swift and sure. ! ! —- 179 — f \ • • i I • • i i ! •I• Thoughts of his goodness will depress I The hearts of many here to-day; I Remembrance, flower of distress, ? Upon his resting place well lay. T To many a one his tire
. Deutsch-Amerika : Gedichte . lend,For town and country mourn this dayA true physician and a friend. i Let us give thanks for faithful labor,Which he bestowed in time of not for self, but for your motto proved in every deed. I Like as a diamond, pure, serene. Tears glisten mongst the grateful poor;Where luring gold could not be seen | His aid was given swift and sure. ! ! —- 179 — f \ • • i I • • i i ! •I• Thoughts of his goodness will depress I The hearts of many here to-day; I Remembrance, flower of distress, ? Upon his resting place well lay. T To many a one his tireless feet ? Did wend their way by day or night; • And many a one twas his to greet, ; When first their eyes beheld the light. ? This veteran of life and war. Ye Turners, come, your thanks to render,• And Veterans, from near and far, | A last and loving homage tender i i : ! •ii -•-•••»•••.••»•-••••-•-•••••••••••••••••• - ser o o erer « s. — 181 — Altetüjnm in 4ßatt00tu Bum ©runbftctn 1888. i — , I /Ccnrüßt fei biefe gfefteSftunbe i V0 ilnb ber aum $eft crmäbjte £rt, f • SSo biefe§ £age§ froFic ®unbe ?i Gin Xenhnal bleibet immerfort — I SBeil fidj an biefem sDcattag reget | • 3um eblen SScrf ber erfte ftetm, I SBemt jefct ber gtofte Otben feget T S)eti ©runbftein für bae SHtenljeiml 2 i | Ta3 ©runbfteinregen tfi im Seben | (Sin feterlidier Shtgenblid; f©lücnnünfdje unfer £jerg beioegett?yür ber SJoHenbuttg Ä1? c i iter frit cf!—-Hub true nrirb aUe§ fief) crfiittcn,2Ba3 roett t)tnau§ gu beulen bleibt 1 28er nürb bte Setzen einft entlüften, 1 Sie mir bem ©runbftein einverleibt? ? I £)ie§ Senfmal foil nidit pruufuoll ragen ?^n eitlem ©lang ttub leerem Säjetn;— S5ie ftarfen Säulen, bte e§ tragen, I Sott „^reuubfdiafr, Siebe, SÜBa^r^eit fein. 4 G§ Ijalt an biefei \xmfe* Sßforte ? Tie Crintgfeit Jtetl treue SBadjtl I Tic (riuigfeit, tu .Sljat n
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