God knows best! he was somebody's love.
Somebody's heart enshrined him there;
Somebody wafted his name above,
Night and morn, on the wings of prayer.

Somebody wept when he marched away,
Looking so handsome, brave, and grand;
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay;
Somebody clung to his parting hand.

Somebody's watching and waiting for him,
Yearning to hold him again to her heart;
And there he lies, with his blue eyes dim,
And the smiling, childlike lips apart.

Tenderly bury the fair young dead,
Pausing to drop on his grave a tear;
Carve on the wooden slab at his head,
"Somebody's darling slumbers here."


DEFINITIONS:--Bayonet, a short, pointed iron weapon, fitted to
the muzzle of a gun. Darling, one dearly loved. Lingering,
protracted. Matted, twisted together. Delicate, soft and fair.
Mold, shape. Wandering, straying. Enshrined, cherished. Wafted,
caused to float. Yearning, being eager, longing. Tenderly,
gently, kindly.