a mutual faith to plight,

not even to view the heavenly choir,

would be so blest a sight.

jessie's illness

say, sages, what's the charm on earth

can turn death's dart aside!

it is not purity and worth,

else jessie had not died.

on her recovery

but rarely seen since nature's birth,

the natives of the sky;

yet still one seraph's left on earth,

for jessie did not die.