The poem above was written by Eliza R. Snow after the death of Caroline Penn (3rd great grandmother.) It appeared in the Deseret News on October 26, 1864. You can see the full page at the following link. Caroline Penn died on October 14th, 1864.
Books today of the poetry of Eliza R. Snow title the poem Caroline.
Caroline
Respectfully Inscribed to Br. Henry Maiben
To live a Saint - a Saint to die,
Perfects the aim of mortal life -
Secures the key to courts on high,
With all the powers of being, rife.
Thus when a parting, lingering look
Of that dear gemless casket form,
Which in the coffin lay, I took;
This thought diffused a soothing charm.
For she was faithful, to the end -
In life's associations, true -
An upright, kind, confiding friend -
A faithful wife, and mother too.
Peace to her dust: your Caroline
Lives where no earthly ills betide:
In brighter spheres, her graces shine:
She lived a Saint - a Saint she died.
E. R. Snow
G.S.L. City, Oct. 17, 1864.
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