The peripatetic or, Sketches of the heart, of nature and society; In a series of politico-sentimental journals, in verse and prose, of the eccentric excursions of Sylvanus Theophrastus; Supposed to be written by himself [by John Thelwall] |
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[Sepulchre of a parent dear!] |
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[Sepulchre of a parent dear!]
Sepulchre of a parent dear!
Oft conscious of my lone complaint,
Oh! treasure still the holy tear:—
Chaste tribute to a martyr'd saint!
Oft conscious of my lone complaint,
Oh! treasure still the holy tear:—
Chaste tribute to a martyr'd saint!
Ah! what can hopeless anguish more—
On earth—in heav'n without a friend—
Than thus her guiltless crime deplore,
And sighs and tears repentant blend?
On earth—in heav'n without a friend—
Than thus her guiltless crime deplore,
And sighs and tears repentant blend?
Oh faithless Love!—oh constant woe!
Mysterious suffering ne'er to cease!
And must the tears that ceaseless flow
Ne'er lull the mangl'd soul to peace?
Mysterious suffering ne'er to cease!
And must the tears that ceaseless flow
Ne'er lull the mangl'd soul to peace?
Then come again, sad soother, Death!
Again I seek thy gloomy cave;
Resign the painful—fruitless breath
Which heav'n for lingering sufferance gave!
Again I seek thy gloomy cave;
Resign the painful—fruitless breath
Which heav'n for lingering sufferance gave!
Sepulchre of a parent dear!
Oft conscious of my lone complaint,
Oh! treasure still the holy tear:—
Chaste tribute to a martyr'd saint!
Oft conscious of my lone complaint,
Oh! treasure still the holy tear:—
Chaste tribute to a martyr'd saint!
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