First Line: NO GREATER EARTHLY BOON THAN THIS I CRAVE Last Line: "HE SANG A SONG THAT REACHED THE HEARTS OF MEN." Subject(s): DEATH; LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; DEAD, THE; SONGS;
No greater earthly boon than this I crave, That those who some day gather 'round my grave, In place of tears, may whisper of me then, "He sang a song that reached the hearts of men."