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STANZAS.
[Oh! rest thee in thy green-turf grave]
(1825.)
Oh! rest thee in thy green-turf grave,
There is no sorrow there;
For tomb'd within, the wretched have
A freedom from despair.
There is no sorrow there;
For tomb'd within, the wretched have
A freedom from despair.
No more shall come the hour of wo,
Nor hope's delusive light;
Untroubled is thy sleep below,
Upon the bed of night.
Nor hope's delusive light;
Untroubled is thy sleep below,
Upon the bed of night.
The dews of anguish damp'd thy brow,
Thine was the wither'd heart;
No stormy woes can scare thee now,
So dreamless as thou art!
Thine was the wither'd heart;
No stormy woes can scare thee now,
So dreamless as thou art!
Then rest thee in thine early tomb
Beneath the dewy sod,
Till Mercy shall unshroud the gloom
And summon thee to God.
Beneath the dewy sod,
Till Mercy shall unshroud the gloom
And summon thee to God.
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