"Ah! My Child!"

Ah! My child
Heaven has smiled
Proud in possessing   True to thy mother
Thy mothers blessing  Leaving another
Thou hast resigned  Thou has resigned
thy Bertha's love
or
(Thy Bertha's love thy Berthas love is cast away
Ah my child
Ah my child
Thou hast alas! Cast away for thy mother
Thy hope
Thy joy thy hope, more than life E'en thy 
hearts cherished dream,
Thy joys, thy hopes, more than life, all the
dreams of thy heart
Ah my child
Ah my child

Heavenly blessing be on thee
Heavenly benedictions fall on
Thee my child
   Blessed be thou
(sent Laura Lee July 19th) [vertical in left margin]