Donald MacLeod died 1885

In Affectionate Remembrance
of
DONALD MACLEOD
LATE OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
(RETIRED)
BORN 18TH FEBRUARY 1817
DIED 4TH SEPTEMBER 1885
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS
BEREIVED  WIDOW AND
SORROWING CHILDREN

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HAD HE ASKED US WELL WE KNOW
WE SHOULD CRY O SPARE THIS BLOW,
YES, WITH STREAMING TEARS SHOULD PRAY
LORD WE LOVE HIM LET HIM STAY
BUT THE LORD DOTH xxxxxx
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