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XI. AN APPEAL.
Ladies, who understand the gentle loreOf courteous words, kind deeds, and gracious ways,
Bear witness, ye who knew her—do I praise
More than she merits her whom I deplore?
Will ye not say—‘thy dear one to adore,
And of her worth fit monument to raise,
This be the sacred task of all thy days,
Thy solace this, till thy brief term be o'er.
More loving heart ne'er beat in human breast.
Her life was all a willing service, done
With simple dignity and artless grace.
In her sweet converse weary souls found rest,
And from her breath'd such purity that none
Could think of evil, looking on her face.’
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