Gone but Not Forgotten
By Lui Collins


John Dunston rose before the dawn
    Gone to a brighter home
He burned the kiln till past sundown
    Where grief cannot come
        Gone but not forgotten

He slaved for his master half his span
    Gone to a brighter home
The other half a freed man
    Where grief cannot come
        Gone but not forgotten

Oberlin Village in brambled row
    Gone to a brighter home
Is tended by four black crows
    Where grief cannot come

In a sunken grave John Dunston lies
    Gone to a brighter home
As city traffic rumbles by
    Where grief cannot come

Soft shade of oak and maple tall
    Gone to a brighter home
O'er shadowed by a towering wall
    Where grief cannot come

Where loyal hearts and true
    Stand ever in the light
All rapture through and through
    In God's most holy sight
        Gone but not forgotten

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