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

Jefferson's Deathbed Adieu

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This is a draft of the accompaniment track of my song "The Very Same World," numerous renditions of which have been posted here over the past several years.  "The Very Same World" is the big number in Scene Three of my musical EDEN IN BABYLON © 2010-2023 by Andy Pope.

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"Midnight Screams" from 'Eden in Babylon.' © A. Pope 2010-2023. Andy Pope on the piano; Tessa Stewart on vocals, July 13, 2023, multiple instruments added on Oct 14, 2023.

Jefferson's Deathbed Adieu

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