Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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ON SEEING A GRAVESTONE. |
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ON SEEING A GRAVESTONE.
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And is this all that now remainsOf Thee, thou good and lovely one,
An idle Name, which, with some Pains,
We trace upon this mossy Stone?
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I do remember thee in DaysOf which thou wert the Hope and Light;
But now this mocking Marble says
That thou canst no more bless my Sight!
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I do not weep: my Breast is too,Too full, to vent itself in Tears;
But it doth think such Thoughts of you,
As break the Heart of him who bears.
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Is this thy Grave, thou lovely one!Art thou indeed beneath this Sod?
And is it I who stand upon
Thy Grave! have Mercy on me, God.
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Few Feet of Earth do sever me,From all I loved so well and dear:
Few Feet! oh Thought of Mockery;
So small the Space, and yet so far!
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Thou canst not hear my Cry of Woe,Or else thy gentle Voice would speak;
Tho' Grief be noisy here, below
'Tis Silence which no Tongue can break!
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Oh Grave, that thou wouldst ope to me,That crumbling Dust to Dust my Heart
Might blend with hers, for ever be
In Life and Death joined ne'er to part!
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