1. I stood reverently before the funeral bier
And bid the bones within a fond farewell

2. I see the gentle, kindly arm that’s laid to rest
Having cushioned virtue and good deeds so well

3. I see kindness, grace, renown and loyalty
As meanings turned into mere words that tell

4. We asked the garden about those lovely traits
The blossoms answered wafting with their smell

5. The pride of Lebanon, whose deeds it touted
And maids in meadows of him sweetly trill

6. Pages of history of glory so adorned
Which time has folded in its book and quill

7. For God's cause has a noble soul now left
As Lebanon swapped bones, the earth to fill

8. Though gone, immortalized in memory
As though the soil claimed not his body's frill

9. May he be shrouded in God's grace and peace
His grave be damp with mercy's rains that spill