By Sidney And Clifford Lanier. O Wish That's Vainer Than The Plash Of These Wave-Whimsies On The Shore: "Give Us A Pearl To Fill The Gash - God, Let Our Dead Friend Live Once More!" O Wish That's Stronger Than The Stroke Of Yelling Wave And Snapping Levin; "God, Lift Us O'Er The Last Day'S Smoke, All White, To Thee And Her In Heaven!" O Wish That's Swifter Than The Race Of Wave And Wind In Sea And Sky; Let'S Take The Grave-Cloth From Her Face And Fall In The Grave, And Kiss, And Die! Look! High Above A Glittering Calm Of Sea And Sky And Kingly Sun, She Shines And Smiles, And Waves A Palm - And Now We Wish - Thy Will Be Done! Montgomery, Alabama, 1866.