[Deposited May 22d. 1865.
Recorded Vol. 40. Page 321.
No. 258.]
"Live but one moment."
[22 May 1865; 5 Aug 1865]

"Live! exclaimed the wife or our lamented President as she
stood bending o'er his dying form, Live but for one mo-
ment, to speak to me once more, to speak to our
childred."
BALLAD
Poetry & music by
[Words and Music by]
J. W. TURNER.

Boston, MA: HENRY TOLMAN & Co., 291 Washington St.
Wm. Hall & Son, N. York.
H. S. Story -- Burlington, Vt.
Root & Cady, Chicago, IL.
H. F. Greene, Engr.
[28792]
[COPYRIGHT
5Aug 1865
LIBRARY]
[M 1640
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[Plate no.] 5062
[Source: civilwardigital.com]

1. “Live but on moment!”
  Speak but once more!
Speak to the children,
  One word I implore!
O breath but one accent
  To cheer this sad heart
“LIve but one moment”
  E’er we must part!
“LIve but one moment”
  E’er we must part!

2.“Live but one moment!”
  Dearest and best,
Tender companion
  In sadness oppressed;
Let me but hear again
  That voice so dear
“Live but one moment”
  This heart to cheer!
“Live but one moment”
  This heart to cheer!

3. “Live but one mement!”
  O, ’twas too late!
Deathlike and silent,
  The lips of the great.
A  fond wife stood weeping
  In anguish and pain,
For one loving accent to bless her again!
For one loving accent to bless her again!