The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Thou, long his solace, in this vale of tears,
Wife of his youth! his joy twice twenty years!
Though all this empty world can give or take,
On thy lorn heart can small sensation make;
Though not the trophied tomb can sooth thy grief,
Or well-earn'd praise can give thy pangs relief:
Yet see whence higher consolations flow,
And dry at length th' unceasing tear of woe.
Where his freed spirit tastes the bliss above,
Unfailing feast, beatitude and love!
Soon shalt thou meet him on th' immortal coast,
And all thy grief in ecstacy be lost.
Wife of his youth! his joy twice twenty years!
Though all this empty world can give or take,
On thy lorn heart can small sensation make;
Though not the trophied tomb can sooth thy grief,
Or well-earn'd praise can give thy pangs relief:
Yet see whence higher consolations flow,
And dry at length th' unceasing tear of woe.
Where his freed spirit tastes the bliss above,
Unfailing feast, beatitude and love!
Soon shalt thou meet him on th' immortal coast,
And all thy grief in ecstacy be lost.
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |