"How did you rest, last night? " -- I've heard my gran'pap say Them words a thousand times -- that's right -- Jes them words thataway!
As punctchul-like as morning dast To ever heave in sight Gran'pap 'ud allus haf to ast -- "How did you rest, last night?"
Us young-uns used to grin, At breakfast, on the sly, And mock the wobble of his chin And eyebrows belt so high And kind: _"How did you rest, last night? "_ We'd mumble and let on Our voices trimbled, and our sight Was dim, and hearin' gone.
Bad as I used to be, All I'm a-wantin' is As puore and ca'm a sleep fer me And sweet a sleep as his!
And so I pray, on Jedgment Day To wake, and with its light See _his_ face dawn, and hear him say -- "How did you rest, last night? "
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