This poem is found hand written on the first page of a Bible owned by my Great, Great Grandfather, William D Smith, born 3-7-1828, died 7-21-1921. He survived the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg.
Written in his Bible are these words:
Calm sleeps the sea when storms are o'er
With bosom silent and serene
And but the plank upon the shore
Reveals that wreaks have been
To some frail thing like this maybe
Left floating on times silent tide
The sole remaining trace of me
To tell I lived and died.
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