Death & Dying

Lines on the Death of a Farmer's Wife

by James McIntyre 1827–1906

From Poems (1889)

Death & Dying

This good woman when in this life,
She was kind mother and good wife,
And managed her household with care,
She and her husband happy pair.

And her name it will long be praised
By the large family she has raised,
She laid up treasures in the skies,
And now enjoys the Heavenly prize.

She rose each morn with happy smile,
And ardent all the day did toil,
For work it to her had a charm,
And busy was each hand and arm.

MLA

McIntyre, James. “Lines on the Death of a Farmer's Wife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mcintyre/157/.

Chicago

McIntyre, James. “Lines on the Death of a Farmer's Wife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mcintyre/157/.

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