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Though gentle summer came and strewed
  Fresh beauties o'er the earth,
He went not to the field or wood
  To share his playmates' mirth.

Though winter, from the frozen north,
  Brought ice and snow along,
Yet little Edward went not forth
  To join the merry throng.

The rose departed from his cheek,
  The brightness from his eye,
And then his spirit fled to seek
  Its Father in the sky;

Who, in his love, from pain and strife
  Such little ones doth take,
And give them endless light and life,
  For our Redeemer's sake.

His body to the earth was given,
  And rests beneath the sod,
But Eddie's spirit went to heaven,
  To join in praising God.

Long will his many friends approve
  His manners, sweet and mild,
And tell his innocence and love
  To many a listening child.