Lemuel Kayhart

“ Here’s to the blonde with blue eyes and white hair,
Here’s to the maid with complexion like snow,
Here’s to old Dinah as black as a crow.
Here’s to the lady and here’s to the lass,
Here’s to the lady who’s greener than grass,
Here’s to the sweetheart, and here’s to the beau,
Here’s to the lad who can reap, plough or sow.
Here’s to the maiden who’s rosy and fat,
Here’s to the miser, more like a starved cat,
Here’s to the lean, stout, long, slim and tall,
God bless their dear hearts, we’ll toast to them all. ”

“ LEMUEL KAYHART
’Twas man who first came on the earth,
Without a sin or shame;
He knew nothing but joy and mirth,
And Adam was his name.
In Eden’s garden he was placed,
And lovely were the scenes;
All fitted up with God’s own taste,
Among the evergreens.
How happy then he must have been,
From toil and labor free;
From sickness, sorrow, death and sin,—
In Nature’s charming glee!
In God’s own image he was made,
Without a single care;
He never used a hoe nor spade,
’Till woman was put there.
5’Twas woman first broke God’s command,
Then tempted man to sin ”

“ Though we may travel this broad earth
And search it far and wide,
Thy presence here beside the hearth
Can never be supplied.
Dearest friends on earth must sever,
We only sojourn here;
Then let us live to live forever
And meet grim death with cheer!
Farewell, farewell, dear child at rest,
Thy troubles are all o’er,
God grant thee peace among the blest,
Beyond cold Jordan’s shore.
5. In memory of Edgar S. Class, son of John and Elizabeth Class.
THE ABBEY PRINTSHOP, EAST ORANGE, N. J.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. ”