The poems and literary prose of Alexander Wilson ... for the first time fully collected and compared with the original and early editions ... edited ... by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart ... with portrait, illustrations, &c |
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WASHINGTON: DIRGE.
He's gone! for ever gone and lost
Our country's glory, pride, and boast;
In vain we weep—in vain deplore,
Our Washington is now no more.—
That guiding star, whose radiant form,
In triumph led us thro' the storm
While blackest clouds did round us roar,
Is set—to gild our sphere no more.
Our country's glory, pride, and boast;
In vain we weep—in vain deplore,
Our Washington is now no more.—
That guiding star, whose radiant form,
In triumph led us thro' the storm
While blackest clouds did round us roar,
Is set—to gild our sphere no more.
O'er regions far remote and nigh,
The fatal tidings swiftly fly;
Each startled bosom heaves with woe,
And tears of deepest sorrow flow.
The young, the aged, wise, and brave,
Approach in solemn grief his grave;
In silent anguish to bemoan,
Their hero, friend, and father gone.
The fatal tidings swiftly fly;
Each startled bosom heaves with woe,
And tears of deepest sorrow flow.
The young, the aged, wise, and brave,
Approach in solemn grief his grave;
In silent anguish to bemoan,
Their hero, friend, and father gone.
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