William+Stitt+Jenkins

"I do bequeath unto my wife; "Money or goods, where'er they be; "To have and hold by only she; "But always subject to control, "(In getting portion or the whole, "As he may deem she should expand) "Of Charles Ibbotson, my friend, "Who will pay my debts all justly pay, "And for my wife in rainy day, "The rest expend as they deem good, "And be it also understood, "They take me humbly to the sod, "And leave me to myself and God. "Nor vainly lavish o'er the dead "The means, perchance, they want for bread. "All I require that flowers may wave "Their perfumed blossoms o'ver my grave; "And that the peaople, far and near, "May think upon me with a tear; "And that the dear ones left behind "A better, truer friend may find. "Nor vainly seek him here below, "But in the place whereto I go. "And there await their coming o'er "To dwell with me for evermore. "But should my wife me go before, "Then to my dearest children four "My friends shall give an equal share "Of all I leave unto their care, "Remember me - the words fulfil, "Of this my last and only will. ||  ||
 * **THE POEM THAT WILLIAM STITT**
 * JENKINS WROTE AS HIS WILL.** ||  ||
 * "All things I leave when quitting life,