Jefferson's Deathbed Adieu by Cody Wendt published on 2021-08-24T23:10:04Z The lyrics to this piece are a poem written by Thomas Jefferson on his deathbed for his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph. Jefferson died on July 4th, 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence he famously authored was issued. The "two seraphs" (or angels) he references in the final two lines are his wife Martha and daughter Polly (Martha Jefferson Randolph's mother and sister), both of whom had died decades earlier. The words are as follows: Life's visions are vanished; its dreams are no more Dear friends of my bosom, why bathed in tears? I go to my fathers; I welcome the shore Which crowns all my hopes, or which buries my cares Then farewell my dear; my lov'd daughter adieu The last pang of life is in parting from you Two seraphs await me, long shrouded in death I will bear them your love on my last parting breath Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter Comment by Claretha Osteen love itt 2021-08-25T02:30:59Z