Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....McMichael, Harvey 1903
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The Marion County Patriot, October 9 , 1903
The Marion County Patriot dated 10-9-1903

In Memory of Harvey

Baby boy of Dr. and Mrs. R. L. McMichael, of Buena
Vista, Ga.

Oh! a precious, blue eyed baby With a constant and
gladsome smile A for-get-me-not of heaven Dear
Harvey brightened earth awhile.

Earth's flow'rs with fragrance and beauty Charmed
this darling baby always An annual flower was
Harvey, Scarce a year were his life's few days.

The body, its calix, wished to hold Ths floweret, so
sweet and so fair And tossed and trembled with
striving; But t'was plucked for Jesus to wear.

But death was not the grim monster That men, sin-
polutted behold; To him t'was the tender
transplanter Placing him mid beauties untold.

We know, the flowers should perish But does the
short life of a child Give glory (for which it was
made) To Jesus, the blessed Christ child.

The blossom must fall; but the seed, Left behind,
takes roo in the sod Of hearts to whome it was given
Live again as bright goldenrod.

The pangs that tossed him when falling Will not, for
a moment, compare With glories revealed in Harvey,
With the joys he forever will share.

Take comfort, dear parents, bereaved, Your little
one o'er sees the face Of his loving Father in
heav'n Nestles close to his fond embrace

E. Alice Webb



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