Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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WE MUST FOLLOW TO THE TOMB.
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We must follow where they lead,We must follow them with speed;
Upon that unknown path
From which, once enter'd, none recede.
We must follow those who now repose,
Too early snatched away;
And some who saw life's ling'ring close
In age and in decay.
We must follow, we must follow,
For the ground we tread is hollow;
We must follow on the unknown path,
How early,—who can say?
For the ground we tread is hollow;
We must follow on the unknown path,
How early,—who can say?
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We must follow to the tomb,We must follow thro' the gloom
That veils the dread futurity
Of man's immortal doom!
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Yet ne'er on earth shall see;
For mortal ties shall ne'er enthral
The spirit once set free.
We must follow, we must follow, &c.
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