Richard Joyce

West Point, 2002

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Kerry Maroney on September 16, 2003:

Rick - You are the single greatest thing that ever happened to me. I am proud of everything that you accomplished in your life and I wish that you?d had the opportunity to live out your dreams. You made me happier than I have ever been, simply by being you. I will miss you terribly. I?ll love you always. To all of Ricks friends, thank you for your support during this time. His family and I appreciate it more than we can put into words. Know that you are also in our prayers. Never take a day granted and tell your family you love them every chance you get. To Jay, Shirley, and Christy - Thank you for offering me such a warm welcome into your family. I can?t believe how incredibly strong you?ve been though this. I don?t know how I would have gotten through this without you. A LOST LOVE - H.F. Lyte I meet thy pensive, moonlight face; Thy thrilling voice I hear: And former hours and scenes retrace, Too fleeting, and too dear! Then sighs and tears flow fast and free, Though none is nigh to share; And life has nought beside for me So sweet as this despair. There are crush?d hearts that will not break; And mine, methinks, is one; Or thus I should not weep and wake, And thou to slumber gone. I little thought it thus could be In days more sad and fair - That earth could have a place for me, And thou no longer there. Yet death cannot our hearts divide, Or make thee less my own: T?were sweeter sleeping at thy side Than watching here alone. Yet never, never can we part, While memory holds her reign: Thine, thine is still this wither?d heart, Till we shall meet again.

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