HASBROUCK, Harrie 1880-1881

HASBROUCK

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 2/24/2019 at 17:38:14

Hasbrouck--Died on Sunday, May 28th, 1881, of spinal fever, Harrie, son of Freeman and Catharine Hasbrouck, aged one year and five months.

"Only a cluster of faded flowers,
Brown-and dry-and dead!
Only a mem'ry of by-gone hours,
And of days forever fled.

Only a cluster of violets blue,
Tied with a wiry thread;
Only a glimpse of the love that grew
'Neath the fragrance their petals shed.

Only a cluster of faded flowers?
My God! that their delicate stems
Should outlive the love of my life,
These, the fairest of nature's gems.

Only a cluster of faded joys,
Tied with hope long dead;
Only a life with hope gone out,
And filled with sorrow and dread.

Only a creature of God's own make,
Waiting with patience dreas;
Only a faith which no sorrow can shape
In the love of a Father dear."

--The Argus (Grundy Center, Iowa), 2 June 1881, pg 3