We frolicked fancy free when girl and boy In pastures new with cries of sheer delight, We lived a life of timeless, endless joy Where mother’s love kept evil out of sight. No mother now, no mother’s loving gaze Capricious Nature mocks, as if to tease And dash once childish hopes and infant ways And scatter dreams upon a fateful breeze. Yet in amongst this world of disarray We knew a soul of boundless, modest grace, Her goodness touched a thousand folk - so pray That her reward, not here but in a place Where her beloved partner came to rest, Shall be eternal love and peace, most blessed.