How Great Thou Art

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He left this world as he entered, helpless On the edge of darkness gasping for air While I soundly slept unimagined in my bed Got the call in the dark dead of night Reasoning to myself it was a relief Except reason rules the head, not the heart And I was sorrowed he had passed That in his final moments he was alone This song of praise, this burial hymn Heralds the end of decrepitude and pain October came and went and you were gone Under a grey and misty mournful sky And so you have earned your peaceful rest Reunited with Jackie - your one true love To sleep in the hope of the resurrection Written: March 2015 *This was my father’s favourite hymn. Rest In Peace, Arthur Lionel Trestrail. 1921 ~ 2014 *Photo above is of Art and a dear friend, Katy: 1981

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